My iMac G5 iSite has been having frequent "blue screen"
equivalents.....the transparent gray box that tells me OSX has quit
and I have to shut down. I thought I had found the problem when I
unplugged 2 of the 4 external hd's I have on it. But I got up this
a.m. to a new "error" msg. Instead of the gray box there were black
lines with white text coming across from the upper left corner. Most
of the message meant nothing to me but there was one line that seemed
to indicate a memory failure. Is there a way to test the memory on a
Mac without having to buy new memory and install it, only to find
that wasn't the problem?
When watching my system stat monitors, I see that the cpu is
frequently at 100%+ usage (and programs are CRAWLING). I suppose
there could be a hard drive problem. Since it was getting full, I
have moved iTunes and Photos to an external drive so I could free up
space on the main hd, thinking that OSX needed empty space to use as
memory??? Is this wrong? But it still shuts down on me. This
usually occurs over night when it's been sitting but was supposed to
go to sleep and didn't. Occasionally it happens when I'm working on
it. Also, the longer it's on (and Camino, especially, has been
running with multiple tabs for a long time), the more likely the cpu
is to be running at 90-100%.
If I replace this iMac with a MacPro tower, my husband would like
this machine but I don't want to give him one that is unreliable as
he is FAR more easily frustrated than I am!!;-) So, I still need to
figure out what my problem is. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!!!
Paula
IN/USA
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather
to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body
thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a
ride!" Have a wonderful day!
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