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Problem with my powerbook

post #1 of 10
2/11/06 at 5:20pm
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I own a 12inch powerbook that i purchased maybe a month and a half ago. Everything is running great except that once in a while (maybe twice a week) i get this message in all these diff languages sayin that the computer needs to be shut down. When i restart it, it says that OS X quit unexpectedly. Anyone has any idea whats wrong? Thanks
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post #2 of 10
2/11/06 at 5:33pm
Have you tried running a program like Onyx or any other system utilitiess? It sounds like some sort of a kernel panic error.
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post #3 of 10
2/11/06 at 6:08pm
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any suggestions on what i should do? I haven't used onyx before but I just downloaded it. What is kernel panic?
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post #4 of 10
2/11/06 at 6:49pm
basically a system lockup. did u install extra RAM with it by chance?
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post #5 of 10
2/11/06 at 7:06pm
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actually i did get a RAM upgrade when I got it. Its at 1.25 G. I got it from the Apple store.
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post #6 of 10
2/11/06 at 9:38pm
hmmm, one of the extra disks u got w/ the system should have a hardware test on it (it should say it on the disk). run the memory test and see what it tells u. it may be a bad stick and may be faulty, or u may be having software issues, depending on what u have installed.
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post #7 of 10
2/12/06 at 2:15am
yeah, i had the same issue, but this was due to a ram stick. Once i removed it everything was fine. But, if you got the upgrade from apple, then I would assume that the sticks are fine. Mine was a 3rd party upgrade.
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post #8 of 10
2/12/06 at 9:00pm
yeah, but even from apple u'll get your occasional lemon. same goes for any other component as well, most are fine while a few will give u problems.
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post #9 of 10
2/16/06 at 11:44am
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ok so i realized that the only time this problem happens is when i access my dashboard. what could this mean?
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post #10 of 10
2/16/06 at 6:22pm
could mean u have a funky widget, i'd start playing with the non-standard widgets that didn't come with OS X and see if u can find the one giving u problems.
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