Hi Brian,
First, how much free space on your HD?
Have you inspected the interior for dust buildup?
Have you booted off the Install Disk by holding the d key down at boot-up, (not the c key), and run the extended Apple HW Test? Some Install disks require holding the Option key at bootup to select the AHT. Some Macs came with separate AHT CDs.
If that turns out OK...
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Started 1 month ago by Brian Drachman
A have a g5 running tiger. Has worked for many years. Only problem I occasionally noted over last 6 months is that rarely, the computer would freeze (without a Kernal panic warning) and then the fan would start running at maximum speed continuously until I shut off the machine
Now, all of a sudden, as soon as I log into any of the accounts (even root), I get a kernal panic ...
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Brian Drachman replied 1 month ago
I have 7.5 gig left on the drive
I tried tech tool deluxe. All hardware passed.
I used disk utility from the CD. Repaired the hard drive and repaired permissions
I reset the pram.
Still, no go. kernal panic as soon as I get to the log on screen.
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BDAqua replied 1 month ago
I tried tech tool deluxe. All hardware passed.
Sorry to report, but bad RAM rarely shows up on a RAM test.
Do you have say a Firewire drive to Install to & boot from for a test?...
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Brian Drachman replied 1 month ago
Since my last post, I did a complete reinstall of the system. While setting up the new user account, I had 2 kernal panics. This seemed to happen when I had an external firewire drive connected. Now, perhaps by chance, with the drive disconnected I am doing so far so good. (but I had the drive disconnected last night and kept getting kernal panics anyway.)-----> Suspect I have a ...
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BDAqua replied 1 month ago
How does it do in Safe Mode, (holding Shift key down at bootup)?
That presses the HW less & uses some simpler drivers....
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Brian Drachman replied 1 month ago
I think I found the problem. I brought the computer into the apple store. They are running diagnostics on it. They "think" it is the hard drive. However, I then plugged in my kids old G4 into the network this morning. Guess what. Kernal panics on startup. I realized that 10 days ago, I bought a new airport extreme. I turned it off and no more kernal panics. I reconnected my ...
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BDAqua replied 1 month ago
Wow Brian, thanks for the report, do let us know the final outcome please!
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Brian Drachman replied 1 month ago
Problem solved.
1) Apple store found no hardware issues with the G5
2) They could duplicate the problem with my airport extreme in the store. Same thing happened with the another airport extreme in the store.
3) Went back to my belkin router. No kernal panics on my g5 (or the G4); looks like the new airport extreme is the problem. Incompatible with both of my older apple ...
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Brian Drachman replied 1 month ago
New Airport extreme was the problem
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