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 restarted. This worked OK, but I am puzzled by what > caused it. The temperature is 42 deg here, could this have any > bearing? > > David Noel / Jan > (Intel iMac, 10.6.2) This is the Mac OS X equivalent of the Windows "Blue Screen of Death", and occurs in response to a "Kernel Panic". Fortunately they are seen very rarely in a properly-running Mac, and but can be produced by any number of factors, heat being one of them. If you haven't already done so, download a copy of the iStat Pro Widget <http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatpro/>. This handy little Dashboard Widget tells you at a glance what the operating temperature of your computer and CPU is at a glance. -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 064 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
