Re: Unexpected forced restart

2010-01-19 Thread Joe Mastrella
Greetings! I did not know that Apple Computers could get High. Well I guess, if Apple/Macs are green it may be a possibilty. Cheers, Joe On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > Hi David, > > The maximum temperature for an Intel Core 2 Duo processor is 100ºC with an > emergency s

Re: Unexpected forced restart

2010-01-19 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi David, The maximum temperature for an Intel Core 2 Duo processor is 100ºC with an emergency shutoff at 125ºC. The processor will shut down using its thermal protection routines well before any damage is done. They're designed to work up to 100C if required but the fans should both kick in

Re: Unexpected forced restart

2010-01-18 Thread David Noel
Thanks to all, the iStat widget looks very useful. There was a 'kernel panic' and log produced, I sent it, as offered, to Apple, but have no idea what effect there is from this. If it happens again, I can check temperatures -- currently up to 64 deg C -- is there an upper limit I should look out f

Re: Unexpected forced restart

2010-01-18 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Adrian & Peter & David, When a kernel panic occurs, a log of the event is usually saved in the file “panic.log” in the Mac HD > Library > Logs folder. Double click the panic log and a new console window will open. New panic logs are added to the end of panic.log. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook

Re: Unexpected forced restart

2010-01-18 Thread Adrian Skehan
For what its worth, and I could be wrong, but I had this problem some time ago and I seem to recall that it turned out to be caused by a dead internal battery. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 19/01/2010, at 8:23 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: > > > On 18/01/2010, at 12:25 PM, David Noel

Re: Unexpected forced restart

2010-01-18 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 18/01/2010, at 12:25 PM, David Noel wrote: > > Hi Gang -- > > -- A surprise this morning. I was working on my iMac when a grey tint > came over my screen, and a message came up that I had to restart the > machine by pressing the power button till it closed, then pressing > again till it res

Re: Unexpected forced restart

2010-01-17 Thread Greg Manzie
Hello David My MB Pro did the same last night. I also think it is temperature related. Kind regards Greg Manzie Email gman...@bigpond.net.au My Macs: Machine Name: Power Mac G4 (PCI graphics) Machine Model: PowerMac1,2 CPU Type:

Unexpected forced restart

2010-01-17 Thread David Noel
Hi Gang -- -- A surprise this morning. I was working on my iMac when a grey tint came over my screen, and a message came up that I had to restart the machine by pressing the power button till it closed, then pressing again till it restarted. This worked OK, but I am puzzled by what caused it. The