From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: July 14, 2010 4:04:28 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] My Powerbook G4 is dying!

Good suggestions.

Just to add in here.

Target Disk mode will only see the first (0) disk partition it finds. If you have your drive split into multiple partitions, it will not see any other ones than the first.

HTH..

Milton Aupperle

On 14-Jul-10, at 3:52 PM, Ernest Wright wrote:

Borrow another G4,hook it up to yours in Target disk mode with a FW cable then hold the option key down while you boot the misbehaving computer. You will be presented with the option of booting from the other computer. Play with the one in question to see if it displays the same behavior as when it is booted to its own HD. If not then you know it's probably the HD. May be overheating or bad clusters that it needs to access only once in awhile? You can also boot to the system DVD and run Disk Utility to verify the HD but that can be unreliable unless there is something grossly wrong. If you can borrow a copy of Tech Tool Pro it will tell you if you have some bad clusters on the HD. Can you hear the fan running properly on the G4? Do you have two RAM modules in the machine, one of which was installed after purchase? Take the after-market module out and see how the computer runs. These are the strategies I would employ if it were my computer. Your mileage may vary but good luck!

Ernie