[G4] G4 Cube doesn't recognize ethernet cable

[Bruce Ryan Nakamura]

Hello Barry,

If you are fortunate, it could be a PRAM problem.  Otherwise, it sounds like
the responsible components have reached the end of their service life.  When
marginal components are cool at start-up they work, but as soon as full
current flow goes through and warms them up, the electrical characteristics
degrade and the unit fails.

Cordially,

Bruce Ryan Nakamura




On 10/4/08 4:19 AM, "rbstennett at windstream.net" <rbstennett at windstream.net>
wrote:

> I have an unusual problem, running a G4 cube (450mhz, 440mb, OSX 10.3.9). This
> machine has never given me any problems, until last week. Starting about a
> week ago, the machine suddenly tells me that the ethernet cable is unplugged.
> Changing out the cable does not help. Carefully observing the machine's
> behavior, it looks like the computer is recgonizing the ethernet connection
> briefly during powerup, but losing it before the powerup cycle is completed.
> The logs do not show anything unusual or different.
> 
> I'm clueless about this one and would appreciate any suggestions you may have.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Barry Stennett
> 
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