My PowerBook G3 Lombard is dying :/ it crashes with random errors within a few minutes after boot. It’s never anything specific or in any specific process (looking in MacsBug)
I ran a full TechTool Pro RAM test, it passed all the tests for an hour before the machine just froze
Also it doesn’t seem to like any of my expansion bay optical drives, makes me wonder if it’s a power supply issue (tried 2 different yoyo supplies so the external is fine)
:(
#VintageApple
Karl Baron
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