Re: g5 iMac Sporadically closing down?

2008-08-24 Thread Stewart Woods
On 23/08/2008, at 7:52 PM, David Moyle wrote: G5, G5 ALS, Intel Duo, C2D, Aluiminium? White pre- built in isight G5 imac 1.8Ghz cheers Stew -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: g5 iMac Sporadically closing down?

2008-08-23 Thread David Moyle
Sorry to interject at the end, but what model of iMac was this? G5, G5 ALS, Intel Duo, C2D, Aluiminium? Cheers Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: g5 iMac Sporadically closing down? Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:35:18 +0800 On 13/08/2008, at 3:51

Re: g5 iMac Sporadically closing down?

2008-08-20 Thread Stewart Woods
On 13/08/2008, at 3:51 PM, Stewart Woods wrote: Given the earlier advice from Walter, I've just finished cleaning out the air intake at the bottom of the machine. It was VERY clogged! I noticed that the machine was regularly recording CPU temps of 85C but now seems to be sitting at

Re: g5 iMac Sporadically closing down?

2008-08-13 Thread Stewart Woods
On 12/08/2008, at 10:47 PM, Pontifex Family wrote: Of course excessive heat itself will cause a damage prevention shutdown. Is the interior of the computer choked with dust fibres, so that no effective air cooling is taking place? Given the earlier advice from Walter, I've just finished

Re: g5 iMac Sporadically closing down?

2008-08-13 Thread Stewart Woods
On 13/08/2008, at 7:41 AM, Peter Sealy wrote: I don't know if this applies to your iMac or not. Just thought I would let you know. Apple has a repair program for G5 iMacs. See Apple Support Article HT2390. Yup, this one falls within the serial numbers but is 3 yrs and 2 months old,

Re: g5 iMac Sporadically closing down?

2008-08-13 Thread Robert Howells
On 13/08/2008, at 3:53 PM, Stewart Woods wrote: On 13/08/2008, at 7:41 AM, Peter Sealy wrote: I don't know if this applies to your iMac or not. Just thought I would let you know. Apple has a repair program for G5 iMacs. See Apple Support Article HT2390. Yup, this one falls within the

Re: g5 iMac Sporadically closing down?

2008-08-13 Thread Barry Sexstone
Stew As a matter of interest where does one find information on the CPU temperature? Barry On 13/08/2008, at 3:51 PM, Stewart Woods wrote: On 12/08/2008, at 10:47 PM, Pontifex Family wrote: Of course excessive heat itself will cause a damage prevention shutdown. Is the interior of

Re: g5 iMac Sporadically closing down?

2008-08-13 Thread Stewart Woods
On 13/08/2008, at 4:11 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Stew As a matter of interest where does one find information on the CPU temperature? Barry I was initially getting my info from a dashboard widget called istat (http://www.islayer.com/) To double check I used Temperature Monitor

Re: g5 iMac Sporadically closing down?

2008-08-13 Thread Barry Sexstone
Stew Thanks, I will have a look at these. Barry On 13/08/2008, at 4:18 PM, Stewart Woods wrote: On 13/08/2008, at 4:11 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Stew As a matter of interest where does one find information on the CPU temperature? Barry I was initially getting my info from a

Re: g5 iMac Sporadically closing down?

2008-08-12 Thread Pontifex Family
Hi all, Hoping someone out there might point me somewhere useful :-) I have a 3 yr old 1.8 mhz g5 iMac (Just out of Applecare naturally.) Over the last few weeks, the machine has been working fine except that once every couple of days it makes a small pop and closes down For

Re: g5 iMac Sporadically closing down?

2008-08-12 Thread Peter Sealy
I don't know if this applies to your iMac or not. Just thought I would let you know. Apple has a repair program for G5 iMacs. See Apple Support Article HT2390. HTH On Mon 224 Aug,, at 3:02 PM, Stewart Woods wrote: Hi all, Hoping someone out there might point me somewhere useful :-)

Re: g5 iMac Sporadically closing down?

2008-08-11 Thread Stewart Woods
On 11/08/2008, at 1:21 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: If you press the on/off button once, does your session come back up? Mine does - it won't wake up with the keyboard/mouse. Glenn. Afraid not. This requires a whole new startup cheers Stew -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --

Re: g5 iMac Sporadically closing down?

2008-08-11 Thread F.W. Hänel
a friend has had the same problem until he cleaned out the air intake grill - which was blocked up. That fixed his problem. Walter On 11/08/2008, at 2:37 PM, Stewart Woods wrote: On 11/08/2008, at 1:21 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: If you press the on/off button once, does your session come

g5 iMac Sporadically closing down?

2008-08-10 Thread Stewart Woods
Hi all, Hoping someone out there might point me somewhere useful :-) I have a 3 yr old 1.8 mhz g5 iMac (Just out of Applecare naturally.) Over the last few weeks, the machine has been working fine except that once every couple of days it makes a small pop and closes down For about a

Re: g5 iMac Sporadically closing down?

2008-08-10 Thread Glenn Nicholas
My iMac G5 does the same periodically. I figured it was overheating, as it was happenning after it had been on for a while. So now I have a small fan next to it (clearing the air behind it). If it goes to sleep, I switch on the fan and it is all fine from there on. Hope there is a proper fix.

Re: g5 iMac Sporadically closing down?

2008-08-10 Thread Stewart Woods
On 11/08/2008, at 1:16 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: So now I have a small fan next to it (clearing the air behind it). If it goes to sleep, I switch on the fan and it is all fine from there on. Thanks Glenn, But unfortunately, this machine isn't going to sleep but shutting off completely. I

Re: g5 iMac Sporadically closing down?

2008-08-10 Thread Glenn Nicholas
If you press the on/off button once, does your session come back up? Mine does - it won't wake up with the keyboard/mouse. Glenn. 2008/8/11 Stewart Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 11/08/2008, at 1:16 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: So now I have a small fan next to it (clearing the air behind it). If