jove
Member
Hello,
My neighbor just purchased a Dual Proc. G4 with GIG RAM, SuperDrive and a 21" Cinema Display.
Sigh
We had two issues that resolved themselves.
In order to install the latest version of Illustrator, we had to boot into 9 and install her old version (pain in the butt). We set the startup disk, rebooted and got the question disk. No amount of key combinations, and resets would allow any OS (including CD) to load. We had to physically unplug (and plug back in) the machine from the wall to get it to work. Everything was fine for a while. We eventually went back into X.
After spending 4 hours setting up her computer, I was showing her how you can burn CDs from the desktop. The blank CD caused the Finder to lock-up (doing network copies at the same time). Three force quits later and another physical unplug, we were able to actually get the machine turned off. It wouldn't turn back on. The little on button would happily glow when pressed but do nothing more. We tried all combinations of devices plugged in, etc.
After 6 hours of periodic on-button tries, it turned on at 12:30AM.
I do not like problems that resolve themselves. Has anybody experienced similar problems?
My neighbor just purchased a Dual Proc. G4 with GIG RAM, SuperDrive and a 21" Cinema Display.
Sigh
We had two issues that resolved themselves.
In order to install the latest version of Illustrator, we had to boot into 9 and install her old version (pain in the butt). We set the startup disk, rebooted and got the question disk. No amount of key combinations, and resets would allow any OS (including CD) to load. We had to physically unplug (and plug back in) the machine from the wall to get it to work. Everything was fine for a while. We eventually went back into X.
After spending 4 hours setting up her computer, I was showing her how you can burn CDs from the desktop. The blank CD caused the Finder to lock-up (doing network copies at the same time). Three force quits later and another physical unplug, we were able to actually get the machine turned off. It wouldn't turn back on. The little on button would happily glow when pressed but do nothing more. We tried all combinations of devices plugged in, etc.
After 6 hours of periodic on-button tries, it turned on at 12:30AM.
I do not like problems that resolve themselves. Has anybody experienced similar problems?