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hardware related logs
Hi guys, im in charge of a mac network in a university, and recently i found that one of the imacs RAM was changed from 2x2GB cards to 2×1 GB ram cards. i just can figure some student who already owe a imac has done the job.
i need to find the date and hour in which the replacement was done so i can check the class lists and try to find who was in charge of that imac at that time.
does anyone know where to look at the logs? i need to know when this hardware was registered. please help.
best
rodrigo
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2 Replies
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hello…
utilities -> console has all the logs – you’ll need to be an admin to look at some, and i can’t recall if or where this type of info would be, but were i to start someplace, it’d be system.log…
hope that helps!
sitruc
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Well to remove the ram they would have needed to turn the computer off. When you tell the computer to run off it makes a log like this.
2/26/10 8:16:18 PM kernel systemShutdown true
When you power on the machine it makes a log like this
2/26/10 8:17:44 PM bootlog[46] BOOT_TIME: 1267240628 0
Keep in mind there are hundreds of other logs that get made when the computer shuts down or powers on.
But doing a search for “systemShutdown” or “BOOT_TIME” would be where I would start looking.
But keep in mind that all for all the time you spend trying to track doen the kid to get the computer back to the 4 GB of ram is going to be probably less then $100 from crucial. So its up to you if its worth the time.
Hindsight is always 1080p
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