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| DATE | May 16, 2008 |
| TICKET | #337433 |
| STATUS | Closed |
| SUBJECT | iBook G4 and Leopard don't play nice |
| CAT | Computers, Operating Systems, Applications or Connected Devices |
| TYPE | Operating System Features, Bugs and Problems |
| DESC | Apple |
| DESC | 10.5.X (Leopard) |
| PLATFORM | Apple Macintosh (PowerPC G3,G4,G5) |
| MODEL | iBook G4 |
| PROC | 1 Ghz |
| RAM | 1,26 GB |
| DRIVE | 120 GB |
| NAME | German |
| USERNAME | igerm |
| TECHNICAL | Lots of Experience |
| ISSUE | Totally Lost |
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TICKET ARCHIVE -> iBook G4 and Leopard don't play nice
igerm - May 16, 2008 - 6:39 am
Hi, let me tell you the facts.
The iBook G4 had Tiger installed.
Leopard came out.
I clean installed Leopard.
Everything went ok for a couple of months.
I got bad kernel panics (with white text over black over my desktop/windows/etc)
After every kernel panic, the iBook would get a kernel panic (a nice one, with the message asking for a restart and all).
Reinstalled Leopard.
Same happened.
Used Apple Hardware Test and no problems were found.
Replaced hard drive and the problem persist.
After every reinstall, the system keeps up a little bit (may be some hours, may be some minutes, may be a day or two).
Went back to Tiger. No problem at all for two weeks (or probably more).
Upgraded back to Leopard.
Tried to Update to 10.5.2 but when it restarted, it would't pass the apple logo with the spinning thing.
My iBook is a 1Ghz G4, 1,25 GB of RAM, 120 GB of HD. (Upgraded late 2004 model)
Thanks in advance for your help.
The iBook G4 had Tiger installed.
Leopard came out.
I clean installed Leopard.
Everything went ok for a couple of months.
I got bad kernel panics (with white text over black over my desktop/windows/etc)
After every kernel panic, the iBook would get a kernel panic (a nice one, with the message asking for a restart and all).
Reinstalled Leopard.
Same happened.
Used Apple Hardware Test and no problems were found.
Replaced hard drive and the problem persist.
After every reinstall, the system keeps up a little bit (may be some hours, may be some minutes, may be a day or two).
Went back to Tiger. No problem at all for two weeks (or probably more).
Upgraded back to Leopard.
Tried to Update to 10.5.2 but when it restarted, it would't pass the apple logo with the spinning thing.
My iBook is a 1Ghz G4, 1,25 GB of RAM, 120 GB of HD. (Upgraded late 2004 model)
Thanks in advance for your help.
Serenak - May 17, 2008 - 8:33 am
Hello German
Thanks for using macosx.com and I will do my best to advise and/or assist you.
I would have to suspect your RAM in this situation - especially as it behaves apparently OK under Tiger but "blows up" in Leopard.
OS X has got ever more particular about the RAM it is using - and sometimes RAM that works/worked fine in 10.3 or 10.4 will create issues when moving up to a later OS as it just doesn't match the demanding criteria Leopard demands.
This is a pain - you could try testing the RAM using Rember (free here http://www.kelleycomputing.net:16080/rember/ ) or you could take out 3rd party RAM (but I am guessing you have 256Mb from the default and 1Gb in the under keyboard slot - and that isn't going to leave enough RAM for Leopard)
You could consider replacing your 1Gb RAM with a new one (Crucial and Kingston value RAM have never let me down) and at least at the moment RAM is cheap... BTW the old RAM is not useless - I have had a DIMM that consistently KP'd my iBook - yet worked fine in my wife's...
I hope that might give you a clue as to where to start looking for a cure
Thanks for using macosx.com and I will do my best to advise and/or assist you.
I would have to suspect your RAM in this situation - especially as it behaves apparently OK under Tiger but "blows up" in Leopard.
OS X has got ever more particular about the RAM it is using - and sometimes RAM that works/worked fine in 10.3 or 10.4 will create issues when moving up to a later OS as it just doesn't match the demanding criteria Leopard demands.
This is a pain - you could try testing the RAM using Rember (free here http://www.kelleycomputing.net:16080/rember/ ) or you could take out 3rd party RAM (but I am guessing you have 256Mb from the default and 1Gb in the under keyboard slot - and that isn't going to leave enough RAM for Leopard)
You could consider replacing your 1Gb RAM with a new one (Crucial and Kingston value RAM have never let me down) and at least at the moment RAM is cheap... BTW the old RAM is not useless - I have had a DIMM that consistently KP'd my iBook - yet worked fine in my wife's...
I hope that might give you a clue as to where to start looking for a cure
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