coius
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My friend got my old G5 tower some time ago with the following specs:
Dual Processor 1.8Ghz G5
6GB DDR-3200 RAM
1TB HDD, GeForce 5xxx Series (Can't remember) with ADC/DVI
Wifi/BT
and a USB 2.0 Belkin card with NEC Chipset.
Since a year ago, he has been complaining that he has had kernel panicking, sleep issues and the like
I pulled the USB card after reading about deep sleep and some USB cards not liking it. And I have run ram tests. It may be my techtool pro disc, but when I did a 15-minute RAM test, the system paused at 9 minutes left (6 having been completed) and the fans started ramping up to max. It got stuck on the Marching Inversions or something.
It doesn't do it on the 1 minute, and the 15 minute is the next up. I know i am not supposed to pull the processors, due to the fact I can destroy them, so that right there is right out for doing that. I have dusted out the machine, etc... and I checked the caps on the machine and the power supply. I have reset PRAM. No hardware looks bad, I got the system pretty dust free. all the fans work, etc... It seems the RAM should be good, but I am not sure after it froze.
What do I need to take as steps in determining what's going on? Preferably a software tool approach. I am already using techtool pro, and it seems all is well, but I still have freezing issues. Is there a way to check the CPUs/Stress Test the CPUs to see if that's the issue?
Dual Processor 1.8Ghz G5
6GB DDR-3200 RAM
1TB HDD, GeForce 5xxx Series (Can't remember) with ADC/DVI
Wifi/BT
and a USB 2.0 Belkin card with NEC Chipset.
Since a year ago, he has been complaining that he has had kernel panicking, sleep issues and the like
I pulled the USB card after reading about deep sleep and some USB cards not liking it. And I have run ram tests. It may be my techtool pro disc, but when I did a 15-minute RAM test, the system paused at 9 minutes left (6 having been completed) and the fans started ramping up to max. It got stuck on the Marching Inversions or something.
It doesn't do it on the 1 minute, and the 15 minute is the next up. I know i am not supposed to pull the processors, due to the fact I can destroy them, so that right there is right out for doing that. I have dusted out the machine, etc... and I checked the caps on the machine and the power supply. I have reset PRAM. No hardware looks bad, I got the system pretty dust free. all the fans work, etc... It seems the RAM should be good, but I am not sure after it froze.
What do I need to take as steps in determining what's going on? Preferably a software tool approach. I am already using techtool pro, and it seems all is well, but I still have freezing issues. Is there a way to check the CPUs/Stress Test the CPUs to see if that's the issue?