On Mar 17, 2012, at 5:40 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: > Thanks for all the replies so far! > > The power light is normal now. > > Twice now, when I've booted it up it goes into Open Firmware, and says > "Device still fails after x tries" or something like that. > > I ran the ASD again, but after it passed, It all of a sudden shut off. This > was about 10 hours after it passed, I've run it for longer than that after > passing, so I know this isn't normal. > > There is no service lights on. > > I will try resetting the PMU. > > Any ideas why it would shut off? If it were a problem with the ram, how would > I tell for sure. It's difficult to test, because it's a random problem. > > Thanks! > -Jonas > > --
I would reseat the processors and reset the CUDA switch. It may be the power supply with a capacitor heating up and momentarily failing. I had my 2.7 shutting down like that when the logic board started to fail and the ASD always passed. I finally got another board and alls well now. John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA MacBook Pro i7 -- 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
