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what in the name of Pearl is wrong with this silly emac?
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1209026" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>You didn't mention the "black & white" Restart your computer message previously...and that does make things a bit different. This is called a "kernel panic". Two possible causes:</p><p></p><p>1. Many many times kernel panics are caused by bad or incompatible ram. Lots of times folks just stick any old ram into a Mac to upgrade the ram...and this ram may not be compatible. </p><p></p><p>The only way to test this, is to have at least one known good stick of Macintosh compatible ram...and only install that one stick.</p><p></p><p>2. As has been mentioned a couple times in this thread...this computer may be suffering from the dreaded "bad caps" problem known to exist primarily in the 1.25ghz eMacs. If this is true...and leakage extensive...this computer may be a goner.</p><p></p><p>Let's hope we're talking just bad ram!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Good luck,</p><p></p><p>- Nick </p><p></p><p>p.s. My guess is...neither of the hard drives is damaged, the kernel panics are not caused by the software update, or by the version of the OS booted into (10.4 or 10.5)...it's most likely a hardware issue (bad ram or leaking caps.).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1209026, member: 56379"] You didn't mention the "black & white" Restart your computer message previously...and that does make things a bit different. This is called a "kernel panic". Two possible causes: 1. Many many times kernel panics are caused by bad or incompatible ram. Lots of times folks just stick any old ram into a Mac to upgrade the ram...and this ram may not be compatible. The only way to test this, is to have at least one known good stick of Macintosh compatible ram...and only install that one stick. 2. As has been mentioned a couple times in this thread...this computer may be suffering from the dreaded "bad caps" problem known to exist primarily in the 1.25ghz eMacs. If this is true...and leakage extensive...this computer may be a goner. Let's hope we're talking just bad ram!:) Good luck, - Nick p.s. My guess is...neither of the hard drives is damaged, the kernel panics are not caused by the software update, or by the version of the OS booted into (10.4 or 10.5)...it's most likely a hardware issue (bad ram or leaking caps.). [/QUOTE]
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