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So,
I have 2 questions I am hoping you great Mac Users can help me with.
1. What would cause a Mac to not have a serial number
2. can anyone recommend good tools/utilities that will help me find the source of a constant kernel panic problem. perhaps something to help decipher KP logs.
Back Story:
I recently got a PowerMac Dual 1.25 G4 MDD FW800 from the IT guy in my department. He was going to retire it and throw it away so I took it instead. The stated reason for pitching this gem was "it is unfixable"
He said that this machine had been a problem for a very long time and had constant Kernel Panics. He said he "replaced everything except the Motherboard"
Now you should know that this guy is a dunce and I would not be surprised if he never really tried to fix her at all. He is not exactly a friend to the Mac side of life.
So I don't really know what has been done to this machine so far but I am going to start from scratch and see what I can do. Hope I give this baby a new lease on life.
It does in fact KP very often and usually with little to no heavy lifting. usually just in finder.
Thanks everyone!
I have 2 questions I am hoping you great Mac Users can help me with.
1. What would cause a Mac to not have a serial number
2. can anyone recommend good tools/utilities that will help me find the source of a constant kernel panic problem. perhaps something to help decipher KP logs.
Back Story:
I recently got a PowerMac Dual 1.25 G4 MDD FW800 from the IT guy in my department. He was going to retire it and throw it away so I took it instead. The stated reason for pitching this gem was "it is unfixable"
He said that this machine had been a problem for a very long time and had constant Kernel Panics. He said he "replaced everything except the Motherboard"
Now you should know that this guy is a dunce and I would not be surprised if he never really tried to fix her at all. He is not exactly a friend to the Mac side of life.
So I don't really know what has been done to this machine so far but I am going to start from scratch and see what I can do. Hope I give this baby a new lease on life.
It does in fact KP very often and usually with little to no heavy lifting. usually just in finder.
Thanks everyone!