[G4] Help for my G4

[Paul Moortgat]

Can you startup with the install DVD?  If not then you've a real  
problem.  Can you see the date if you can startup?  If not it's the  
battery.

Paul Moortgat

On 19 Aug 2010, at 17:32, John Gilbert wrote:

> My G4 has given me about two years of faithful service until recently.
> Beginning about a week ago, it began crashing, giving me a black  
> screen message stating I needed to hold the restart button, turning  
> it off. Then restart.
>
> Before last week, this had never happened.
> In the past week, it has occurred wayyy too frequently, almost three  
> or four times a day.
>
> Is my power supply going?
> Could there be another reason?
>
> -- 
> John Gilbert
> gilbert2330 at earthlink.net
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