At 05:55 AM -0500 02/11/2003, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > >I have a hodge-podge of DIMMs.
If you're worried, get something like PowerControl and run its memory test for a few bazillian iterations. It will give your Mac something to do when you're not around! :) >Netscape continually crashes or freezes the >system. I I am lucky enough to get a report it is for a type 2 or 3 error. >Netscape seems to be the only program prone to this.( 4.79 , OS 8.6 ) Crashing is Netscape's JOB. That's what it does. It's a feature, not a bug! heh. Ok. To be serious... Netscape 4.x is a very twitchy application. Netscape 7 and Mozilla are only slightly better. If you want to find the problems, you need to characterize them a bit better... see if it's at a particular site or when you do a particular action, etc. >I've been wondering about the RAM (80 Mb ). Allocation and cache >size have been enlarged more than once. to no avail. 80 MB real is fine. I've run my 7200/90 on 80MB for years (and I'm a memory pig; running umpteen appls simultaneously 24/7). Roll your virtual memory size up to about 160 MB. That will ensure things have room to do what they need without no-memory-available type crashes. If you hear your hard drive thrashing about, you'll know you're pushing it and you need to buy more. Set Netscape 4's preferred memory size to 24000 or 28000 KB. Turn OFF Java. Turn ON JavaScript. <-- two diff unrelated languages. Begin migrating to more modern browsers, such as iCab or Opera. It is, regretfully, "common" and "normal" these days to surf some sites with one browser and other sites with another. 'Tis the only way around the head-up-their-a** illness so many web developers have these days. See if that makes a diff.... HTH, - Dan. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
