Mac OS X unexpectedly quits !!
- Thread starter Ric
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Thank you Ric.
It happenns often especially while running when more ram and cpu usage is required. For instance, running a swf in browser may cause this to happen OR compiling a CPU intensive application. Sometimes, it just happens without any reason and the computer freezes, and other times a grey screen will come with a prompt to restart.
I have a G5 with dual 1.8 ghz IBM processors
OS 10.4 with the latest updates
Well my Mac started crumbling 3 months after I purchased it. It's been exactly two years. I took it to a repair shop and was told that the CPUs were replaced under Apple's warranty, it continued to happen. I took to another shop and they told me that the logic board has been replaced under Apple's warranty. The problem exists to this day.
-Abdullah
It happenns often especially while running when more ram and cpu usage is required. For instance, running a swf in browser may cause this to happen OR compiling a CPU intensive application. Sometimes, it just happens without any reason and the computer freezes, and other times a grey screen will come with a prompt to restart.
I have a G5 with dual 1.8 ghz IBM processors
OS 10.4 with the latest updates
Well my Mac started crumbling 3 months after I purchased it. It's been exactly two years. I took it to a repair shop and was told that the CPUs were replaced under Apple's warranty, it continued to happen. I took to another shop and they told me that the logic board has been replaced under Apple's warranty. The problem exists to this day.
-Abdullah
Hi there Abdullah,
A few things...
Presuming that the logic board and CPU's are now ok, then I would look at either the RAM or the software...
Have you tried using a fresh install of OS X, does that still give the same results ?
OS X is very picky about it's RAM, was the RAM Apple supplied or is it third party ?
If you want I will gladly have a look at your log files to see if I can spot anything...
Email them to (e-mail address removed)
The system logs from /var/logs
regards
Ric
A few things...
Presuming that the logic board and CPU's are now ok, then I would look at either the RAM or the software...
Have you tried using a fresh install of OS X, does that still give the same results ?
OS X is very picky about it's RAM, was the RAM Apple supplied or is it third party ?
If you want I will gladly have a look at your log files to see if I can spot anything...
Email them to (e-mail address removed)
The system logs from /var/logs
regards
Ric
So other than the suggestion to check if you've added new memory (which I haven't - my iBook G4 is under a year old) I haven't seen many suggestions on what to do when this happens. I checked the SMART disk and it said it was fine. I repaired disk permissions, and then it crashed again 5 minutes later. My main concern is.. is this just going to be annoyance, or is there the likelihood that it will crash like this and NOT restart and then I will lose everything on my drive?
Hi
Ive had my mac for 14 months now, MACBOOK PRO and recently my screen all of a sudden goes grey from top to bottom, then a message pops up in 3 or 4 different languages saying i need to restart my computer, what's happening??? It's really annoying and i would like to fix it somehow.
Cheers
Pete
Ive had my mac for 14 months now, MACBOOK PRO and recently my screen all of a sudden goes grey from top to bottom, then a message pops up in 3 or 4 different languages saying i need to restart my computer, what's happening??? It's really annoying and i would like to fix it somehow.
Cheers
Pete