[X4U] How much can it cost

[Jens Selvig]

What do you mean by "all the icons are scrambled?" Do you mean just  
out of place or do you mean the icons don't display correctly? I have  
always been a big proponent of not using the desktop as a filing system.

Jens


On Jun 6, 2008, at 6:38 AM, Paul Moortgat wrote:

> I did a backup last night before I went to sleep when all still  
> worked and I was possible to wake the G5.  I'm back to the iMac 2.8  
> with the HD from the G5 in an external casing via a FW cable.
> The only thing is that all the icons are scrambled.  I've a 30"  
> monitor, and this is a 24" iMac.
>
> Paul Moortgat
>
> On 06 Jun 2008, at 14:24, Jens Selvig wrote:
>
>> On Jun 6, 2008, at 6:12 AM, Paul Moortgat wrote:
>>
>>> The problem returned.  I worked with my G5 yesterday and this  
>>> morning.  Could put him to sleep and wake up again.  This noon  
>>> after a wake-up, I got a frozen cursor and and each attempt  after  
>>> was a black screen. So after changing the battery, it lasted not  
>>> even a day.  What strikes me is that it did work.  If the  
>>> motherboard or a processor is the problem, why then did it work?
>>
>>
>> You might try disconnecting all periphrials, extra internal hard  
>> drives that you may have added and remove any non apple memory  
>> cards. See if you still have the same problem. If the G5 does work  
>> OK in this stripped down configuration you could start adding stuff  
>> back on until the crashes return. Slow process. :)
>>
>> By the way, I assume you have at least your data files backed up in  
>> case at some point the computer becomes inoperable in the extreme.
>>
>> Jens
>>
>>
>> Jens Selvig
>> ...Lost in Montana...
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Jens Selvig
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