I can't believe the problems I'm having with this. After installing the OWC G4 500 the first time I had nothing but lock-ups: the screen and everything on it would just quietly stop. We thought it might be a bad module and OWC was good enough to send another to me overnight which arrived this afternoon. In the meantime, I had put the original G3/400 processor back to get some work done for a couple deadlines I had this morning.
However, since installing the most recent G4/500 I have had 20 lock-ups in the last 11 hours--no, wait--half-way through this message it did it again--make that 21 in 11 hours, 15 minutes. Believe me, I've logged them all in the hope I might find some sort of pattern. Nothing I can see yet. It can happen in just about any program it seems: iTunes, Organizer, PowerMail, Photoshop, Finder, and even before the Finder when I restarted the normal way and it froze just after the desktop pictures came on and before the menus drew. Opening the case, I can feel that the heat sink is warm to the touch. Certainly not hot. I'm currently testing the RAM. I pulled out three of the four 256 MB modules. I've just put #3 in the 0 slot after this last crash (#1 and #2 I'd put in the 3 slot and it hadn't made a difference in performance). I have rebuilt the permissions with Disk Utility three times; there always seems lots for it to do there (is that typical)? These lock-ups take the form of the screen just quietly stopping--no warning, no message, no activity at all. I have to use the front buttons or the keyboard to force a restart. I'm at a loss. I've only been in OS X for a few weeks and am nowhere near the troubleshooting, semi-pseudo kinda guru I was in OS 9. I'm looking for any kind of suggestions of where I might look next to track this down. Any help at all is greatly appreciated. Mark Gerber -- Mac B&W G3 (Yosemite-Rev 2) 400 (w/OWC G4 500) 1GB RAM | 12 BG HD, 60 GB HD ATI Radeon 7000, ATI VR 128 Mac OS 10.2.3 -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
