Well there I was, thinking the problem had gone away, when I got another freeze this morning, then again this afternoon (first time this has happened) while I was looking at some photos in an email. Total freeze, so that I had to restart with the On button again. /sigh Regards Susan
On Feb 23, 12:32 pm, Simon Royal <m...@simonroyal.co.uk> wrote: > Susan > > Hope that sorts it. Disk Utility is usually the first port of call with > Macs. > > If not let me know and I'll get my thinking cap on. > > Simon > > ---http://www.simonroyal.co.uk- Mac news, reviews, guides, upgrades, > hacks and more... -http://www.nmug.org.uk- webmaster for Norwich Mac User > Group - The box said requires Windows XP or better, so I bought an Apple > Mac. > > On Feb 23 2009, Purler wrote: > > All I had tried previously was resetting the PRAM but this morning I > did as you suggested with the Disk Utility. It repaired permissions > and indicated that the disk needed repairing, which I subsequently > did. Cross fingers now! > Regards > Susan > > On Feb 21, 11:21 am, Simon Royal <m...@simonroyal.co.uk> wrote: > > > Hi > > > I have an InteliMac(2006 model) and it started doing the same thing. > > > Then it started slowing down, hanging and panicking. Then the internal > > hard drive stopped being recognised. Then it gave up the ghost > > permanently. > > > The DC board burnt out - taking the hard drive and logic board with it. > > > It may not be the case for you. Have you tried checking the disc in disk > > utility? repair permissions and verify disc. Also check the RAM is seated > > properly. > > > Simon > > > --- > > > I haven't noticed any other oddities with this machine: no panics or > > slow running. It is a 20-incher from mid 2007 and has had a 300GB disk > > fitted by the previous owner. It is running 10.5.6 and has 3GB 667 MHz > > DDR2 SDRAM. It started up perfectly this morning but yesterday I had > > to use the off button to do a restart. It began doing this roughly two > > months ago. > > > Regards > > Susan > > > On Feb 20, 10:17 pm, Simon Royal <m...@simonroyal.co.uk> wrote: > > > > Susan > > > > What versioniMacis it and what version of OSX are you running? > > > > Have you noticed any other oddities with the machine, like panics or > > > slow running in general? > > > > Simon > > > > --- > > > > My second hand InteliMac(no AppleCare) occasionally freezes during > > > startup, at any stage from the pale blue screen right up to > > > immediately after the login screen. Is this a symptom of a disk problem? > > > Regards > > > Susan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
