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Since: Jan 13, 2006
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:26 pm
Post subject: Titanium Freezes
Archived from groups: comp>sys>mac>hardware>misc, others (more info?)
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My daughter's Powerbook Titanium, running 10.4.10, has been freezing a
lot lately. I am having difficulty tracking down the problem - running
Permissions repair, Disk Utility Repair Disk and Disk Warrior. No
significant problems found. I also ran the Hardware Utility that came
with it. Again, no problems.
It worked flawlessly for well over a month that we had it, but has been
having up to multiple freezes daily for the last week or so. I checked
the ram to make sure they were well seated. Seemed fine.
At least once, when it froze, we noticed a grey bar at the top of the
screen, perhaps half the depth of the top command menu bar. Any
thoughts?
Also, we are not sure the fan has been running. Is there any way to
turn it on or off, or to otherwise check if the fan is running. Just a
thought that perhaps it has been heating up.
We did try removing the Zwire wifi card to see if there was a conflict.
But the freezes seem to happen with or without it.
I understand that 10.4.9 had some freezing problems, has this continued
on to 10.4.10? I see that an update to 10.4.11 has recently become
available - maybe updating would be helpful. However, I thought I would
inquire first.
Meanwhile I have not had any problems with my Powerbook Titanium Onyx
while running 10.4.10.
Ideas?
As always, thanks bunches. |
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Since: Mar 29, 2004
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:09 am
Post subject: Re: Titanium Freezes [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"Daniel L. Snyder " schrieb:
> My daughter's Powerbook Titanium, running 10.4.10, has been freezing a
> lot lately. I am having difficulty tracking down the problem - running
> Permissions repair, Disk Utility Repair Disk and Disk Warrior. No
> significant problems found. I also ran the Hardware Utility that came
> with it. Again, no problems.
For me that sounds like a bad LogicBoard.
> We did try removing the Zwire wifi card to see if there was a conflict.
> But the freezes seem to happen with or without it.
I don't know Zwire wifi card. If it installs additional .kext files in /
system/library/extensions/, be sure to remove them. Also delete /system/
library/extensions.kextcache /system/library/extensions.mkext after that.
Than reboot.
If the problem resists. Make a clean installation of OSX. If it still freezes
with the clean installation, replace the LogicBoard.
Greetings Florian |
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:31 am
Post subject: Re: Titanium Freezes [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Daniel L. Snyder wrote:
> My daughter's Powerbook Titanium, running 10.4.10, has been freezing a
> lot lately. I am having difficulty tracking down the problem - running
> Permissions repair, Disk Utility Repair Disk and Disk Warrior. No
> significant problems found. I also ran the Hardware Utility that came
> with it. Again, no problems.
>
> It worked flawlessly for well over a month that we had it, but has been
> having up to multiple freezes daily for the last week or so. I checked
> the ram to make sure they were well seated. Seemed fine.
>
> At least once, when it froze, we noticed a grey bar at the top of the
> screen, perhaps half the depth of the top command menu bar. Any
> thoughts?
>
> Also, we are not sure the fan has been running. Is there any way to
> turn it on or off, or to otherwise check if the fan is running. Just a
> thought that perhaps it has been heating up.
Sounds like the problem to me. Heat that is. Do you have iStat wiget?
Will show the temps and fan speeds.
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Edo ergo sum >> Stay informed about: Titanium Freezes |
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 12:50 pm
Post subject: Re: Titanium Freezes [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Jim wrote:
> Daniel L. Snyder wrote:
>
> > My daughter's Powerbook Titanium, running 10.4.10, has been freezing a
> > lot lately. I am having difficulty tracking down the problem - running
> > Permissions repair, Disk Utility Repair Disk and Disk Warrior. No
> > significant problems found. I also ran the Hardware Utility that came
> > with it. Again, no problems.
> >
> > It worked flawlessly for well over a month that we had it, but has been
> > having up to multiple freezes daily for the last week or so. I checked
> > the ram to make sure they were well seated. Seemed fine.
> >
> > At least once, when it froze, we noticed a grey bar at the top of the
> > screen, perhaps half the depth of the top command menu bar. Any
> > thoughts?
> >
> > Also, we are not sure the fan has been running. Is there any way to
> > turn it on or off, or to otherwise check if the fan is running. Just a
> > thought that perhaps it has been heating up.
>
> Sounds like the problem to me. Heat that is. Do you have iStat wiget?
> Will show the temps and fan speeds.
No I don't have that widget, but I will look for it.
If it is the heat/fan broken, does anyone know if it can be replaced? I
have another Titanium 400mz (died of Pink Screen) which I might be able
to use for parts. >> Stay informed about: Titanium Freezes |
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 1:01 pm
Post subject: Re: Titanium Freezes [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: comp>sys>mac>portables (more info?)
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Florian Zschocke wrote:
> "Daniel L. Snyder " schrieb:
>
> > My daughter's Powerbook Titanium, running 10.4.10, has been freezing a
> > lot lately. I am having difficulty tracking down the problem - running
> > Permissions repair, Disk Utility Repair Disk and Disk Warrior. No
> > significant problems found. I also ran the Hardware Utility that came
> > with it. Again, no problems.
>
> For me that sounds like a bad LogicBoard.
>
> > We did try removing the Zwire wifi card to see if there was a conflict.
> > But the freezes seem to happen with or without it.
>
> I don't know Zwire wifi card. If it installs additional .kext files in /
> system/library/extensions/, be sure to remove them. Also delete /system/
> library/extensions.kextcache /system/library/extensions.mkext after that.
> Than reboot.
> If the problem resists. Make a clean installation of OSX. If it still freezes
> with the clean installation, replace the LogicBoard.
>
> Greetings Florian
>
I have another Titanium - same model as my daughters - that died about a
year ago from Pink Screen. I forget the specifics of that syndrome,
whether or not Pink Screen is a logic board issue or not. Anyhow, if
not then if other options don't work I could replace the logic board
pretty easily. Ifixit.com has pretty good instructions - it looks
pretty doable.
On the other hand, if Pink Screen is also a Logic Board issue, then I
may be out of luck. >> Stay informed about: Titanium Freezes |
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 6:23 pm
Post subject: Re: Titanium Freezes [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"Daniel L. Snyder " schrieb:
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> On the other hand, if Pink Screen is also a Logic Board issue, then I
> may be out of luck.
>
I would need a photo of the screen failure to have this 100% clear.
A pink or magenta screen is 99% a worn out backlight tube.
You can see everything and not scrambled but in a magenta color?
To check if it is a screen problem you could test with a external monitor.
Florian >> Stay informed about: Titanium Freezes |
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 6:23 pm
Post subject: Re: Titanium Freezes [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Jim schrieb:
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> Sounds like the problem to me. Heat that is. Do you have iStat wiget?
> Will show the temps and fan speeds.
>
The Titaniums have no sensors you could monitor.
Your hint is useless.
Florian >> Stay informed about: Titanium Freezes |
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:28 pm
Post subject: Re: Titanium Freezes [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Florian Zschocke wrote:
> "Daniel L. Snyder " schrieb:
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> >
> > On the other hand, if Pink Screen is also a Logic Board issue, then I
> > may be out of luck.
> >
>
> I would need a photo of the screen failure to have this 100% clear.
> A pink or magenta screen is 99% a worn out backlight tube.
> You can see everything and not scrambled but in a magenta color?
> To check if it is a screen problem you could test with a external monitor.
>
> Florian
>
It has been awhile, but I think it was the pink screen which eventually
went completely black. I'm pretty sure that when I looked into it,
people said it was the backlight thing. It was cheaper to get a used
Titanium than to mess with replacing the screen at the time. >> Stay informed about: Titanium Freezes |
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