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MAJOR system problem…
i’m sure this is more of an OS X issue, but i thought i would share it with the editors here in case anyone has any ideas on this…
10 days ago i ran Tech Tools and saw that my main system drive had “minor problems”. it said the solution was to click on “repair on” and let it fix itself . . . although i never saw a place to check or uncheck the box labeled “repair on”. looked in the book, the help menu, etc.
so i figured i would just back up that drive and reformat it and start over.
oops!
after about 15 attempts to reinstall OS X, i finally took the computer to the Mac store. the local store couldn’t do anything with it and sent it to their regional store. 3 days later, the reg store called to say they were going to reformat the drive and the problem should be fixed. i got it back monday, fired it up, filled in my profile info, all seemed to be well…but it wouldn’t read my e-SATA card (that has two drives plugged into it), and then i smelled something hot. also, the drive(s) sounded like they were flying fast, so i took off the side cover and found that my graphics/display card was SUPER hot. i called the local store, took it over there, they couldn’t figure it out (though found that the computer wasn’t reading ANY of the PCI slots), and they sent it back to the reg store.
i’m guessing a bad motherboard? any ideas here? i’ve lost 10 days of editing (so far) and have gotten quite frustrated. my clients are hanging tough and being very understanding, but this is pretty embarrassing…
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Please don’t take this as me coming down on you, I know stuff like this would make me crazy but a lot of people preach about redundancy of stoage, for both protection and the ability to keep going in a crunch. I kind of take this one step further, most (not all) full time editors, especially freelances should have a redundant system. If one goes down they have another one in the wings. This may seem like a waste of money but a second system can be used more than most people think, I do a lot of my DVD authoring on my laptop MBP and while it is encoding I’m editing or doing something else on my Mac Pro. I also have an older G5 in the wings (give to my son) that I can pull in if things go south.
This is just something to think about, but I hope you do get back up and running asap.
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ya, thanks ms,
that seems to be the best solution of all. my G5 is about ready for a major upgrade/replacement anyway, so it would be good to keep it around as the secondary (backup) system, and move on to an 8-core multi-jigawatt : ) system.
still no word from the shop, but they should be calling this morning soon after they open.
p.s. will FCS load on two different computers? just wondering about the licensing for us single producer guys…
thanks for helping out a bonehead!
__________________________dual 2 GHz PowerPC Mac G5
2GB MB DDR SDRAM
GeForce FX 5200 graphics card -
as usual, the “MAJOR problem” was the operator…ME! the problem with the computer not reading my e-SATA card was that i hadn’t installed the drivers for the card from the disc yet. simply solved.
the heat issue with the graphics card was solved for the time-being by the Mac Store tech moving the adjacent card away from the graphics card so it could get more ventilation. the odd thing about that one, though, is that these cards have sat side-by-side with no issue for the past 4 months. oh well. it’s all working great tonight…
but i think i will start looking around for a second system for backup use in the future…
thanks for helping out a bonehead!
__________________________dual 2 GHz PowerPC Mac G5
2GB MB DDR SDRAM
GeForce FX 5200 graphics card
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