Thanks Kris. The funny thing is that I don't have have any issues that I can see. Aside from the HD freeze when I was trying to format it everything else works as expected - especially since I removed the bad HD.
I will give MemTest a try to check out the RAM. I do have plans to up the G4 to the 2gb max - right now it just has 512. > > I've seen this once before, but it was long ago, and I can't remember > the exact problem or solution. It would seem to indicate a RAM issue, > but I think I remember this wasn't the real problem, perhaps it's a > bad burn? You burned the unmounted .dmg using Disk Utility by dragging > the icon into the left column beneath the HD icons, then highlighted > the .dmg and pressed the burn button in the upper left? > > If you think it's a RAM problem, the utility AppleJack is bundled with > MemTest. AppleJack and Memtest run in Single User Mode boot, and are > good. I'd suggest running MemTest. > > Bad RAM is the great impersonator, it appears as almost anything, so > verifying the RAM is good is a really good first step in > troubleshooting a problematic Mac. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
