I think you're right about impending mother board failure. I've noticed that the fan runs alot more often lately than it used to. But I did notice an odd thing when I ran disk repair--it said "ACL found in library and not expected." Does anyone know what that means? I've wondered if I should try running fsck but read in the help file that I shouldn't have to. thanks again for suggestions--Ben Zion Hershberg On Apr 26, 2008, at 11:42 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote:
> i worked on a late 2005 g5 DP this week that i couldn't resolve, it > went to macauthority today. after 15 minutes or so, it would freeze. > leads me to believe some component was overheating. automatic > restarting sometimes occurs due to heat issues. i wonder if a > specific component is starting to fail in the G5's? i will know > monday what the problem was with this particular machine and pass it > on. > > i don't suspect your target disk hard shutdown to be the culprit, > but the update might be a possibility. one other suggestion is to > plug it directly into the AC to eliminate the possibility of a > failing power strip, voltage swings will cause shutdown or restart. > best...jf > > On Apr 26, 2008, at 1:47 PM, Ben Hershberg wrote: > >> >> I've run into an unusual problem with my G5 running OS 10.5.2. It >> began after I transferred some things via firewire from the G5 to my >> daughter's new macbook last night and had trouble getting the G5 >> released by the macbook when we were done. an apple tech guy said to >> shut down the G5 and it wouldn't do any harm. I also installed some >> software updates last night from apple. Today I've noticed the G5 >> frequently restarting on its own and it sometimes is after 15 or 20 >> minutes I think. I am using time machine with a western digital 500 >> gigabyte external drive. I have run repair preferences and disk >> repair >> and that didn't seem to help. I will enormously appreciate any >> suggestions--I'm afraid I did some significant damage to the computer >> with the firewire transfer problems. Thanks for suggestions--Ben Zion >> Hershberg >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be May 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be May 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be May 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
