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Authored by: Fofer on Dec 20, '02 10:44:06AM

This sort of post actually does help. I had a client 2 weeks ago with the exact same problem. I did a clean reinstall, and it still froze. Took out the RAM. Still froze. Helped the client arrange for warranty repair to Apple, and then had to appease Apple's tech support guy... He had me remove the RAM *again*, wipe the drive, and then do *another* clean install. (He claimed that doing a clean install with bad RAM installed would result in a "dirty System Folder.") I didn't buy it, but had nothing to lose so I backed up the whole system and did it anyway. Guess what?

Still froze.

Finally got authorized to send it to Apple, got it back 3 days later with a replacement part listed on the invoice... I googled the part number to see what the fix was, and it turned out to be a new motherboard. How did I find this out? A weblogger with the exact same problem was recounting his story.

Now reading this, I can't help but feel this is more common than it should be. Faulty motherboards in Apple's flagship PowerBook G4, causing it to freeze randomly. Ouch!



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Yes, thank you!
Authored by: Fofer on Dec 20, '02 10:50:27AM

I should also add the fact that on this particular TiBook, the client was booting into 9.2.2 for various reasons.

Therefore I think this is a hardware issue affecting a small number of unlucky TiBook owners - rather than having anything to do with the poster's upgrade to 10.2.



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