Hi Ronnie, running 10.6.8 but no 'panic' log in Library/Logs? Doesn't mention 'Kernel Panic' on screen, just 'need to restart yoyr computer', on both machines. Similar age I guess thats why I thought battery could be flat? Thanks,
Ken Thanks & regards, Ken Ken Jackson k...@littleriverstudios.com.au (mailto:k...@littleriverstudios.com.au) kenjackson7...@gmail.com (mailto:kenjackson7...@gmail.com) T 08 9376 1680 M 0409 770 747 Skype kennyj1098 www.littleriverstudios.com.au (http://www.littleriverstudios.com.au/) http://www.facebook.com/pages/Perth-Australia/Little-River-Studios/129893967035394 On Thursday, 29 September 2011 at 1:14 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > On 29/09/2011, at 12:34 PM, Ken Jackson wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > my G4 & G5 are both repeatedly giving me the grey (restart your machine) > > window! > > I zap the PRAM & it seems ok for a day or so & then reverts. > > Do I need a new PRAM battery? What else would resolve it? > > Running 10.4.11 on both machines. > > Hi Ken, > > Do you mean you are receiving the grey screen with message “you need to > restart your computer”, a Kernel Panic? > > Have you checked your "panic.log" in the folder /Library/Logs/ ? > The panic log contains information about the state of the machine at the time > of the panic. > > Might give us something more to go on. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" > 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD > > OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard > OS X 10.7 Lion > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>