On Nov 8, 2011, at 6:56 PM, John Carmonne wrote: > I have a iMac Core Duo 20" 2.0 that did a kernel panic and I couldn't get it > to boot any external drives I tried a 10.5 DVD installer and I could hear it > spinning but the keyboard wasn't responding due to the dead ports. All the > ports had no power but some times after trying to zap PRAM the Apple would > come on and then back to the kernel panic it wouldn't chime and I got no > lights on the keyboard. When I pressed the power button it would light up > then fade away. > > So I had to get this thing back on line fast so I replaced the logic board. > Then someone told me it may have been the RAM.
Bad RAM wouldn't cause the USB ports to be unpowered. It can cause all sorts of issues, but that's not one of them. -- 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 the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and 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 leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
