CORRECTION: It was an air BLOWER not a compressor. My bad. I also reseated all the ram and everything else. Literally everything else.
-Jonas On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu > wrote: > > On Mar 4, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: > > A few months a go I took the machine all apart and cleaned EVERYTHING with >> an air compressor. I will run applejack and reset the pram when I get >> home. >> Thanks for the suggestion! >> > > > > For future reference, unless you're running the air through a filter and a > drier, this is a BAD IDEA. Air from compressors can contain oil and a > considerable amount of moisture. > > As a rule, I only use canned air or filtered, dried air from a compressor > into electronics. > > Also, even using clean dry air won't necessarily fix flaky connections. > Pull and reseat the RAM. and then run Applejack with memtest, and do a long > memory test. I agree with Bill, this sounds suspiciously like flaky RAM. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
