I have a Dual G5 with 512megs of Apple ram, 512 megs of Crucial ram, 220 gig harddrive, 9800 video card, and the latest Panther updates. In the last week or so, I've had an escalating number of kernal panics a day (computer freezes with a gray screen saying to reboot). It started with 1 a day, and finally moved up to about 12 a day.
They would happen at random: browsing in Safari, making playlists in iTunes, using iPhoto, at the Log In screen when the system boots (before I even had a chance to pick a user), etc. I even had a kernal panic when I booted from the Install CD to use the Disk Utility.
I've also had a problem recently were the Finder will freeze up, and it can not be relaunched or force quit. Other applications will work fine for a short period, but then they too will freeze. The system will not reboot, because the Finder won't quit, so I have to hold the power button to turn the system off.
I've tried Disk Utility (after booting from the Install CD, all the tests came out OK but after it was all done I had a kernal panic), and I did the Apple Hardware Test and didn't find anything wrong. I took out the 512 megs of ram I got from Crucial, and I've had 3 kernal panic in the last half hour. I hadn't had any for months. I haven't installed any new software or hardware. I don't have any peripherals connected.
I don't think it's the OS, because it crashed when I booted from the Install CD. Is there a way I can test the ram to make sure it's alright? Where can I look for a log of what the error was? I don't notice anything in the console; what specifically should I look for? What can I do?
They would happen at random: browsing in Safari, making playlists in iTunes, using iPhoto, at the Log In screen when the system boots (before I even had a chance to pick a user), etc. I even had a kernal panic when I booted from the Install CD to use the Disk Utility.
I've also had a problem recently were the Finder will freeze up, and it can not be relaunched or force quit. Other applications will work fine for a short period, but then they too will freeze. The system will not reboot, because the Finder won't quit, so I have to hold the power button to turn the system off.
I've tried Disk Utility (after booting from the Install CD, all the tests came out OK but after it was all done I had a kernal panic), and I did the Apple Hardware Test and didn't find anything wrong. I took out the 512 megs of ram I got from Crucial, and I've had 3 kernal panic in the last half hour. I hadn't had any for months. I haven't installed any new software or hardware. I don't have any peripherals connected.
I don't think it's the OS, because it crashed when I booted from the Install CD. Is there a way I can test the ram to make sure it's alright? Where can I look for a log of what the error was? I don't notice anything in the console; what specifically should I look for? What can I do?