I've got a 2003 iMac G4, with a 1GHz processor. It works, mostly. It'll boot when it feels like it, and loads up 10.3 Panther (my OS of choice). However, it will inevitably crash. I've tried replacing the RAM, because I had a similar issue with an XP machine I own, but it did not help the G4. Now, I'm fairly certain it's a processor issue. I've reinstalled Panther, which was tedious process of rebooting over and over, and still no luck. I can find a replacement processor on eBay, for a reasonable price, but replacement 1GHz motherboards are darn near impossible to find (especially for a broke college kid). If any of you know of a service or a friend who can help me, please let me know. Thanks!
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Here's my best copy of a crash error that I got
"Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 – Data access DAR=0x0000000048000414 PC=0x0000000000804F4
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x140F9280)
PC=0x000804F4; MSR=0x00001030; DAR=0x48000414; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00080514; R1=0x002F04B0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 – Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00080514 0x00083814 0x0008366c 0x00083464 0x00091078 0x00090800 0x00093a6c"
"Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 – Data access DAR=0x0000000048000414 PC=0x0000000000804F4
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x140F9280)
PC=0x000804F4; MSR=0x00001030; DAR=0x48000414; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00080514; R1=0x002F04B0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 – Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00080514 0x00083814 0x0008366c 0x00083464 0x00091078 0x00090800 0x00093a6c"