I had to try a second time to install the java update - it would not install when I tried doing both installs at once, once after the other with software update.
On the second sleep apnea part, I remember something like that also - I wonder if you need to just set your computer for the hard drive to never go to sleep? Dennis On Friday, June 19, 2009, at 06:21PM, "Isaac Smith" <smith...@sprynet.com> wrote: > >Hi iMac List, > >I hope my subject line was interesting enough. > >I have an Aluminum iMac that's been having some problems lately, and >I'm just not sure where to start troubleshooting. > >First off, here's the configuration: > >This is one of the first-generation Aluminum iMacs. >2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor >20" Screen >320 GB HDD >4 GB RAM >Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.7 > >Now, for the problems: > >1. Every so often, the computer will prompt me for the password to one >of the several email accounts that I have Mail.app set to check every >minute. Most frequently, this occurs with my main account, but I have >had it "forget" the password to the other accounts as well. > >The computer gives me an error message saying that the server has >rejected my password, and that I need to re-enter it. Which I do. And >then I add it to the keychain. For the main account, this normally >works for about a minute or two, until it prompts me for my password >again. And then maybe again in another minute or two. And then, after >those two to five minutes, it remembers the password and goes about >its business as usual. > >This happens on more than one account (and the accounts are not all >hosted by the same company), so I am inclined to believe the problem >is with my computer, and not with the servers. With the other accounts >it occurs on, the "forgetting" is nowhere near as persistent, but the >incoming mail flow for those accounts is significantly less. > >2. Sometimes (this is getting to be a more and more common occurrence) >my iMac will wake itself up a minute or two after I have put it to >sleep. It prompts me for my password, I enter it, and then put it back >to sleep (since just hitting cancel leaves the backlight on and I >don't like that). Then, after another two to three minutes, it wakes >itself up again, and I log in and put it back to sleep again. Then I'm >away from the computer for a long period of time. When I come back... >it's frozen in sleep mode. It won't wake up no matter what I do. So I >have to force it to shut down and start back up. I have no idea what's >causing this either, but it's also getting really annoying. This is a >much more recent occurrence: It's only been happening for the past >week or two. > >3. Also, I can't install the Java update. I don't know if that has >anything to do with this at all, but Software Update tells me that the >update couldn't be installed at this time (or something like that) and >then tells me there was an "Error while attempting to update." Again, >this is just annoying. > >So, doc, what's your diagnosis? > >Thanks in advance, > >Isaac > >> > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
