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hi Oliver,

>> for quite some time, my dual g5 has had issues with recognising the
>> monitor when waking from sleep, though originally (> 12 months ago) it
>> was an occaisional thing, now it's almost every time. It also didn't
>> used to have a kernal panic, but now soon after I hit space the fans
>> go mental and the only option (that I know of) is to force shut down
>> via the power button.
>
> I had that on my dual 2.5GHz G5. Went through phases of crashing maybe once
> a week, sometimes once every 5 mins. On the third trip to the repair shop
> they replaced the CPUs (having previously replaced the graphics card and the
> motherboard) and it's worked fine ever since. Lucky I had Applecare.

oooh

that doesn't sound at all promising! I don't have apple care, this mac
is rev1, so 4-5 years old! suppose nothing lasts forever - grr!

cheers,

jon

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