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Powerbook suddenly unstable...what did I do?
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Dallas, Texas
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I have a wonderful Powerbook G4 1.25 that has served well for a almost two years. Over the last 8months, the machine was seeing very light use. My wife decided she wanted to make it a daily user.
I did the following things to what had been a totally stable machine:
1. Upgraded OS to the latest rev (was 10.4.5 ish)
2. Upgraded iTunes
3. Bought a new battery for the machine
Since doing these things, I have had at least 2 kernal panics each evening (i crash about once an hour).
I am going to try the easiest aspect to test tonight by running without the battery.
Anyone have any thoughts?
G4 Powerbook 1.25 1.25bg ram, 60gb hard drive...no new hardware added
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I would try:
1. Running TechTool Deluxe from Micromat -> comes with Apple care plan
2. Try if you need to do another software updates.
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Did you do a clean install? It could be there's something 3rd party left over from before (presumably pre-Tiger?) Anyway, that's what I'd do. And use the combo updater to update to 10.4.7
Also, how much free HD space to you have? Where's the RAM from and do you have the small original chip around? If so, switch out the large chip and see if the kernel panics go away.
Run fsck on the HD.
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Join Date: Jun 2002
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I would be suspicious of the memory - is it possible that you dislodged it while messing with the battery? I would look at the memory and check that it is all fully seated. Also look at crash log file to see if that gives you a hint.
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This is almost definetly a memory issue, your stick of 1Gb is most likely bad. Check and see if it is under warranty. I doubt it was dislodged, since the RAM is in a seperate compartment above the battery.
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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Originally Posted by
This is almost definetly a memory issue, your stick of 1Gb is most likely bad. Check and see if it is under warranty. I doubt it was dislodged, since the RAM is in a seperate compartment above the battery.
one of your memory sockets might be gone. this is a common occurence with powerbooks (i have one ... i know). i'be been told the only way to fix it is to replace the motherboard. (*heck no, i'll just get an intel macbook before i do that*).
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