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I'm running a Powerbook G4 15in, 1.5 Ghz PowerPC, 1.25 G RAM, using the hard drive from my old G4 tower in an external case (so I can have the later OSX that I'm used to, and my files). Running OSX 10.4.11, surfing with Safari 4.0.5 (4531.22.7).
I had been running on an older version of safari ever since my last episode in august of '09, when I upgraded my safari, and the G4 tower crapped the bed. Turned out to be the power supply, supposedly unrelated to any browser update, but the fact remains it didn't screw up until after I did the update. So I had put off any update to safari, being lazy about doing a backup to DVD.
Yesterday, the computer just shut down on me, right in the middle of typing a reply to a forum. Just as if I had selected shut down. The read light on my external case was solid red, as if it were trying to read itself continuously. Shut everything off, rebooted, worked fine. Decided that perhaps I had better think about doing that backup, I started to select files for the burn folder. While I was waiting for a file to copy into the burn folder, the computer shut itself down again, this time going straight to the blue screen where it stayed. The read light on the hard drive external case was again solid red. Shut it down, got it going again. got my back up disc burned. upgraded the safari (and itunes). computer working fine.
Today, I'm typing away, screen just goes to black, read light on hard drive external case shows solid red again. Now I'm not sure if it is the notebook or the external hard drive. I've got my important docs backed up, except for what I wrote today.
what information can i give to help with setting up a method to sort this out?
I had been running on an older version of safari ever since my last episode in august of '09, when I upgraded my safari, and the G4 tower crapped the bed. Turned out to be the power supply, supposedly unrelated to any browser update, but the fact remains it didn't screw up until after I did the update. So I had put off any update to safari, being lazy about doing a backup to DVD.
Yesterday, the computer just shut down on me, right in the middle of typing a reply to a forum. Just as if I had selected shut down. The read light on my external case was solid red, as if it were trying to read itself continuously. Shut everything off, rebooted, worked fine. Decided that perhaps I had better think about doing that backup, I started to select files for the burn folder. While I was waiting for a file to copy into the burn folder, the computer shut itself down again, this time going straight to the blue screen where it stayed. The read light on the hard drive external case was again solid red. Shut it down, got it going again. got my back up disc burned. upgraded the safari (and itunes). computer working fine.
Today, I'm typing away, screen just goes to black, read light on hard drive external case shows solid red again. Now I'm not sure if it is the notebook or the external hard drive. I've got my important docs backed up, except for what I wrote today.
what information can i give to help with setting up a method to sort this out?