G5 sudden death syndrome

[mkbone]

Recently my G5 2x2.3mhz has begun to randomly switch off. It just switches off - click - and goes completely dead. When I restart it seems perfectly fine, and then - click - it switches off again. It has plenty of space in a cool room. I checked the temperatures of the CPUs and found they are running at about 70degrees Celcius. Is this okay? Any ideas why it's dying?

 

[mad jew]

My iMac G5 sits at that temperature when it's working hard, but it's still stable-as-a-mule. What exactly are you doing when it crashes? What do you have in terms of third party hardware and software installed/active? Does Console (Utilities folder) tell you anything under system.log?

 

[iMeowbot]

The dual G5s tend to have power supply failures, but usually they're more dramatic than random shutdowns (but those do happen too).

A fun collection of explodiating G5 stories.

I hope you've got Applecare on that...

 

[~ j ~]

woo jeez *thinks bout buying applecare*