Well done Alastair!
Cheers,
Carlo
On 17/11/2011, at 13:55 , alastair taylor wrote:
Hi Ronni, Carlo and James
Just to feed back on the memory slot - before even reaching for the
isopropyl I tried another suggestion I read - rubbing the contacts on
the dimm with a pencil eraser. Whaddya
Hi Alastair,
Good news … The PowerBook lives on!
Doesn’t have to be put ‘Out To Pasture’ yet ;-)
I expect you do have a good 'Backup Plan' in place though.
Just in case the PowerBook is wearing out, and this may not be a permanent fix.
Fingers crossed.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 17/11/2011, at 4:40
my powerbook g4 is still in working order (but with external screen) i use it
sometimes for presentation or rip a dvd, g4's should not die that soon
James
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Hi Ronni, Carlo and James
Just to feed back on the memory slot - before even reaching for the
isopropyl I tried another suggestion I read - rubbing the contacts on
the dimm with a pencil eraser. Whaddya know - now gets a perfect score
on memtest and safari hasn't quit since. Haven't given
I forgot to say, Alastair, the requirement for grounding yourself is so that
you do not damage the computer circuit or the DIMM with static discharge.
Cheers,
Carlo
On 11/11/2011, at 11:42 , cm wrote:
One more possibility that just occurred to me, Alastair. You might try
cleaning the slot.
try to clean the contacts with isopropyl alcohol, check with a magnifier for
darkened contacts, may be some resoldering is needed
James
SAD Technic
U3 6 Chalkley Pl
Bayswater WA
Australia
+618 9370 5307
mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132)
sad...@iinet.net.au
Many thanks Ronni Carlo and James
I only have 2 slots and although the max ram is 2gb I can't find a
compatible 2gb module - maybe there's no such thing - so I'm down to
1gb - unless alcohol and friction can save the day - thank you for
both suggestions, which I will certainly try...
Hi Ronni and Carlo
It's not the dimms it's the slots! Both modules test fine in the
bottom slot and throw a bunch of failures in the top one. I'm
thinking it's a lot less easy to fix a slot than replace a dimm??
thanks
alastair
On 10/11/2011, at 12:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Sorry
That's a pity, Alastair. As you say it is harder to fix the slot than the DIMM.
I have no corresponding model here to look at, but your DIMM slot is likely
connected to the mother board and may require that the mother board be swapped
out. A less painful alternative may be to find out the
Oh dear, not the best news Alastair,
The PowerBook G4 (15-inch 1.67/1.5GHz Memory Slot Repair Extension Program
ended on July 24, 2008 :-(
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2164
I feel it is time for you to put the PowerBook ‘out to pasture’ and upgrade to
a MacBook Pro, unless you can do as
Hi Alastair,
Depending on what model PowerBook you have.
The 15” PowerBook5,6 can take Maximum RAM 2.0GB,
The 12” PowerBook6,8 Maximum RAM 1.25GB
Cheers,
Ronni
On 11/11/2011, at 11:24 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Oh dear, not the best news Alastair,
The PowerBook G4 (15-inch 1.67/1.5GHz Memory
Hi Ronni and Carlo
Well I did the permission repair from the disc and it found a whole
paragraph of things to fix which hadn't appeared before, and so far
no safari quits (though it hasn't been long and I'm not using
illustrator this morning)
But I've had 2 kernel panics. Don't remember
Hi Alastair,
If you are now experiencing Kernel Panics and because you also mentioned you
had run Memtest and it reported many errors, that your RAM (Memory) ‘could’ be
the problem. This is not conclusive as there are other things that can cause
Kernel Panics.
If you have run memtest before I
Sorry Alastair,
I hit send before I realised I had not included the link for Memtest, where you
can download the ‘User Guide’ etc:
http://www.memtestosx.org/joomla/index.php
On 10/11/2011, at 12:14 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Alastair,
If you are now experiencing Kernel Panics and because
That all sounds good to me, Ronni — very thorough as usual! I also agree that
the fact that Memtest has reported a problem would suggest that one or both
DIMMS are defective. If you are able to, try temporarily swapping out the
memory and see if the problem goes away. Also take the opportunity
Thanks again Ronni and Carlo
Yes, I ran memtest in single user mode - 3 passes of which 2 had
quite a few mismatches and the third, I think, only one.
I will try taking out one dimm (don't have a spare to do a swap) and
testing again. But have to get some work done first, between panics!
Hi Alastair,
How much Memory do you have and how much Free space on your Hard Drive?
Have you checked in Activity Monitor.app to see what is actually using active
system resources in your system?
Also check Console.app for any reports that might give you a clue as to what is
happening to
Hi Alastair,
(Just saw Ronni's email but this was mostly written so I will send it along)
When a problem is really baffling it can sometimes be hardware related but at
this stage you can't rule out a software problem. Some serious diagnostics are
in order. :-)
These tests could be run in
thanks ronni and carlo for your replies - yup, niece in position again
pb has 1.5 g ram - 47gb disc used and 73 free on the main partition.
i forgot to say i have tried another account and it was fine for a
while then got the quits. ditto from my spare partition.
i just ran memtest and it's
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