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iPod photo quality build? — #8

I tried, and yes, I can (just), but I'm still not bothered. The click wheel is not meant to be stuck, glued or the same part as the white plastic next to it - it is a seperate mov…
MacNN Troubleshooting by iMacfan

iPod photo quality build? — #9

Hi David, Thanks for your response. Did you look at the photos I posted? I haved returned it and hope to get one with a smaller gap. The bottom line it looks awful and for the #1 …
MacNN Troubleshooting by Gillfoto

iPod photo quality build? — #11

Quote: Originally posted by Gillfoto: I've just posted another photo. I think I'm sending it back. Where? Would you mind re-posting the picture..
MacNN Troubleshooting by im_noahselby

iPod Photo mounting problems — #1

Hi -- I have two brand new iPod Photo 40GBs. I am having trouble getting BOTH of them to mount on my PowerBook -- it's intermittent. I've tried swapping the FireWire cables betw…
MacNN Troubleshooting by John123

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #1

There are enough people that have the same problem that I thought it prudent to help people figure this out. First, let me define a couple of terms: Freeze: this is when the mou…
MacNN Troubleshooting by Detrius

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #2

If your computer is freezing: This is almost always a hardware problem. There is no known software mechanism in OS X that allows a freeze. One thing you can do to verify a freez…
MacNN Troubleshooting by Detrius

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #3

If your computer is panicking: This is the more difficult situation to generalize. This could be caused by virtually any piece of bad hardware or hardware related software softwa…
MacNN Troubleshooting by Detrius

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #4

What if I can't get my machine to boot to read the panic.log? or What if there isno panic.log? After you hear the chime, hold down command-v. This will boot your machine in verbo…
MacNN Troubleshooting by Detrius

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #5

What if the panic is caused by the Apple ATA driver? or What if my machine stopped responding, and when I rebooted I got a blinking question mark? Suspect either failing ATA hardw…
MacNN Troubleshooting by Detrius

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #6

A few final notes: Bad RAM is very common. If most of your programs are crashing unexpectedly, or you are getting a lot of kernel panics, suspect bad RAM. Keep in mind that rei…
MacNN Troubleshooting by Detrius

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #8

Quote: Originally Posted by Detrius What commonly happens is that one day, the RAM stops functioning properly, but the computer keeps running. The user notices a few programs q…
MacNN Troubleshooting by namannik

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #9

I'm not sure if this is the right thread for this post, but I desperately need some help with my powerbook. I'm well-versed on handling Windows crashes, but I'm relatively new to O…
MacNN Troubleshooting by Ann

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #10

Quote: Originally Posted by Ann I'm not sure if this is the right thread for this post, but I desperately need some help with my powerbook. I'm well-versed on handling Windows c…
MacNN Troubleshooting by CharlesS

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #13

Start into single-user mode by holding down the Command and S keys at startup, and when you get to the prompt, type this command: fsck -fy If it finds any problems and repairs th…
MacNN Troubleshooting by CharlesS

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #14

Thank you for a response. I got in touch with APPLE CARE and they walked me thru the above suggestions. I had to end up with an archive and install and after running TECH TOOL I re…
MacNN Troubleshooting by mollusk

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #15

I have had a persistent shutdown panic ever since updating to Tiger. The log file did not show a particular application to be causing the problem. The Hardware Test Disk gave my co…
MacNN Troubleshooting by John Strung

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #16

Hi John, Thanks for that tip. I had tried everything else to resolve a similar issue on my PB 1.25 and that seems to have done the trick. I'll give it a full to see for sure. Can'…
MacNN Troubleshooting by TerryJ

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #17

I am beginning to wonder if there is a general problem with the Tiger install corrupting parameters. My daughter's ibook would not recognize her CD drive after updating. I used the…
MacNN Troubleshooting by John Strung

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #18

Well, I've already had my first freeze of the day since running the open firmware procedure but it happened under a little different circumsttances. Instead of freezing with a kern…
MacNN Troubleshooting by TerryJ

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #19

I am in such deep trouble, I hope someone here can help me. I installed Tiger on my 667 G4 Powerbook (512 megs of RAM). I only had like 3 gigs of hard drive space but was still abl…
MacNN Troubleshooting by ramberk

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #20

Boot from a CD using the C key. If it won't boot from the CD, try zapping the PRAM by holding down Command-Option-P-R at startup. Then try booting from the CD again with the C key…
MacNN Troubleshooting by CharlesS
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