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A possible fix for a highly unstable G3 or G4 Tower
It's just as likely, if not more so, in most cases, that it's the hard drive that's beginning to have problems. The submitter of this hint didn't say if he tried a known-good hard drive on the logic board's hard drive ATA bus. Whether the problem is the hard drive bus or the drive that's plugged into it, the symptoms can be the same. However, I could see where the components in the hard drive's bus could age too--like everything else, they age due to heat, wear due to electrons flowing through them, etc.--not much you can do about it. You might be able to reduce the wear by keeping your Mac cool (install an extra fan or two; don't let sunlight directly hit the Mac; etc.), but I don't think this would help much unless your Mac is otherwise running unusually hot.
A possible fix for a highly unstable G3 or G4 Tower
There are so many troubleshooting steps I didn't want to list them in the hint. But yes, I did try replacing the HD, every time. This hint is one of the last things you should try, since a bad HD, bad RAM, corrupt PMU and/or PRAM are all much more likely.
A possible fix for a highly unstable G3 or G4 Tower
Why not get a PCI-ATA card that can boot an IDE drive? Might even try a ATA-133 RAID-compatible bus card (make sure you use the appropriate cable).
A possible fix for a highly unstable G3 or G4 Tower
Well, this fix dosn't require the user having to buy anything. |
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