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I have an e-acquaintance in Austin

He is well-educated poor. He just bought

Well, I am coming to this well to try to find this good man some help. I will paste his post below and will appreciate any helpful informaton anyone can provide:

Ok here's the deal. It's a PowerMac Quicksilver (2002) dual 1ghz with 1.5 gigs of ram running Leopard. From About This Mac:
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Hardware Overview:

Model Name: Power Mac G4
Model Identifier: PowerMac3,5
Processor Name: PowerPC G4 (2.1)
Processor Speed: 1 GHz
Number Of CPUs: 2
L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
Memory: 1.5 GB
Bus Speed: 133 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.3.3f2

The POST (power on self test) in diagnostics shows this
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Power On Self-Test:

Last Run: 3/3/08 7:26 PM
Result: Failed
Failure type: External cache

The mac is supposed to have a two mb per CPU external cache. I've read information on a number of forums about the problem. Here's what I've read:

1) the cache failure is an indication that one or both CPUs are about to fail. I should turn it off immediately and buy new CPUs.

2) It doesn't matter whether the cache is there very much. I should keep using it and not worry.

3) It matters quite a bit when using PhotoShop but not very much other times.


Okay, what do you investorhubies think of this. Buying a newer, more expensive computer is really not an option here.