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[Geoffrey Peters]

This is called a "kernel panic" (or KP for short). Nine times out of 
ten, KP's are a sign there is a hardware problem.

The first thing to do is to give the insides a thorough clean. Do not 
use compressed air! Use a hand-brush and a vacuum-cleaner on low 
suction; the only exception is the power supply, hold the bare end of 
the vacuum cleaner hose over the fan-holes and use maximum suction.

Unlug or remove anything that can be unplugged or removed (board 
cables, RAM sticks, cards) then re-assemble.

If you have the original machine CDs available, dig out the Apple 
Hardware Test disc, boot from it, and run though the extended tests 
(note: full tests could take several hours to complete).

Boot from another Mac OS install and use Disk Utility to check the 
S.M.A.R.T. status of your hard drive(s) and then use its First Aid 
function to repair your normal boot drive. If it finds errors it 
cannot fix, you will need to use Disk Warrior, by Alsoft.

If you still experience KPs after all of the above, then you will 
have to face grim reality -- entropy has finally caught up with your 
machine and parts are beginning to fail. Most likely culprit will be 
the power supply. Second most likely culprit will be the processor 
daughter-board itself.


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