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Please Help with old G4
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1104240"><p>You might try (if you have the system restore discs, and if you don't you got ripped off) a "Nuke and Pave" (ie, completely wipe the HD, reinstall from the restore discs and essentially "start over as new").</p><p></p><p>Doing this will ensure that if you continue to have problems, they are probably hardware related (old hard drive or something with the Mac itself) and you can judge from there whether its worth fixing it up or moving on.</p><p></p><p>I hope everything works out well for you, that's a pretty old machine. I agree with Chris H. that, based on what you describe, you've either got a bad HD (very likely) or bad RAM (also possible) there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1104240"] You might try (if you have the system restore discs, and if you don't you got ripped off) a "Nuke and Pave" (ie, completely wipe the HD, reinstall from the restore discs and essentially "start over as new"). Doing this will ensure that if you continue to have problems, they are probably hardware related (old hard drive or something with the Mac itself) and you can judge from there whether its worth fixing it up or moving on. I hope everything works out well for you, that's a pretty old machine. I agree with Chris H. that, based on what you describe, you've either got a bad HD (very likely) or bad RAM (also possible) there. [/QUOTE]
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