Re: Pismo 400 chiming-now whistling

[Brandy]

Get a  External Hard Drive back it up fast!  Fragmentation has nothing 
to do with a hard drive failing!  One minute they are fine then BOOM toast!

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Hi,

It isn't super fragmented or anything.  I guess I will start backing up all of my 
stuff.
I am too sick to do it but I can't risk losing all of my valuable info on the hard 
drive.
Thanks for any advice.
Lynn
 



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Re: Pismo 400 chiming-now whistling

[Lynn]

Hi,

My message database is 44 mb. The last time I compacted
my messages I lost half of them.  I have noticed
more whistling sounds than previously and am wondering if
this is just a flaw of the Pismo or is this a signal that
my hard drive is on it's way out?  It isn't super fragmented
or anything.  I guess I will start backing up all of my stuff.
I am too sick to do it but I can't risk losing all of my valuable
info on the hard drive.

Thanks for any advice.
Lynn
> 
> 
>> --- Lynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> My cable connection seems rather slow and I get so
>>> many
>>> messages telling me that there isn't enough memory
>>> to
>>> open another window when I have plenty of memory for
>>> the
>>> applications.  I have 320 mg memory and my computer
>>> won't
>>> let me open Express and explorer with more than two
>>> windows.
>>> I have allocated more memory to OE.
>> 
>> How big is your OE messages file?  Those darn things
>> can get out of hand if you don't compact them.
>> 
>> Check:HD> Documents> Microsoft User Data> Identities>
>> Main Identity
>> 
>> Or you may just want to compact the messages file
>> anyway (good housekeeping). Although my brain has
>> frozen, and I can't remember the key combo to press at
>> OE launch to do it.
>> 
>> Can anyone help jog my memory?  Anyone?  Bueller?
>> 
>> My OE messages file has gotten out of control in the
>> past (go away for a few days and the spam piles up)
>> over 1GB, and it really effected my Pismo's performance.
>> 
>> =
>> Doug Behr
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Doug, 
> 
> Hold down the Option key while starting up OE.
> 
> Jackie
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Re: Pismo 400 chiming

[J. Shea]

> --- Lynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> My cable connection seems rather slow and I get so
>> many
>> messages telling me that there isn't enough memory
>> to
>> open another window when I have plenty of memory for
>> the
>> applications.  I have 320 mg memory and my computer
>> won't
>> let me open Express and explorer with more than two
>> windows.
>> I have allocated more memory to OE.
> 
> How big is your OE messages file?  Those darn things
> can get out of hand if you don't compact them.
> 
> Check:HD> Documents> Microsoft User Data> Identities>
> Main Identity
> 
> Or you may just want to compact the messages file
> anyway (good housekeeping). Although my brain has
> frozen, and I can't remember the key combo to press at
> OE launch to do it.
> 
> Can anyone help jog my memory?  Anyone?  Bueller?
> 
> My OE messages file has gotten out of control in the
> past (go away for a few days and the spam piles up)
> over 1GB, and it really effected my Pismo's performance.
> 
> =
> Doug Behr
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Doug, 

Hold down the Option key while starting up OE.

Jackie


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Re: Pismo 400 chiming

[Doug Behr]

--- Lynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My cable connection seems rather slow and I get so
> many
> messages telling me that there isn't enough memory
> to
> open another window when I have plenty of memory for
> the
> applications.  I have 320 mg memory and my computer
> won't
> let me open Express and explorer with more than two
> windows.
> I have allocated more memory to OE.

How big is your OE messages file?  Those darn things
can get out of hand if you don't compact them.

Check:HD> Documents> Microsoft User Data> Identities>
Main Identity

Or you may just want to compact the messages file
anyway (good housekeeping). Although my brain has
frozen, and I can't remember the key combo to press at
OE launch to do it.  

Can anyone help jog my memory?  Anyone?  Bueller?

My OE messages file has gotten out of control in the
past (go away for a few days and the spam piles up)
over 1GB, and it really effected my Pismo's performance.

=
Doug Behr
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Re: Pismo 400 chiming

[Lynn]

System 9.21
Running IE 5.1 mostly
Microsoft Word 98

I have been getting times where the computer seems to freeze
up the scroll bar.  Also,  I had a big problem with OE 5
for email and lost many messages.  It seems that it may be
related to RealPlayer.  I have not been able to get real player
to work and the last time I did run it is when I had the OE problem.
My cable connection seems rather slow and I get so many
messages telling me that there isn't enough memory to
open another window when I have plenty of memory for the
applications.  I have 320 mg memory and my computer won't
let me open Express and explorer with more than two windows.
I have allocated more memory to OE.  Is this the famous
memory leak going on? I can't remember what to do for that.
I am in the midst of getting together medical info for an
appt with a specialist tomorrow and am more concerned with
losing info than the computer problem. I have too much on my
plate but want to take steps to prevent something worse
from happening.  Disk first aid is usually okay although sometimes
it won't do it and says something another disk being in use.
I have no partitions.
Thanks!
Lynn


on 7/21/03 1:00 PM, Jim Anderson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>> You don't state if you have any applications open or what OS
>> you are using. Your computer chiming is trying to get your
>> attention about something, but we need more info to determine what.
> 
> This is probably common knowledge, but...
> 
> You could try turning on speech for error messages. If this is
> caused by an error dialog popping up behind the active window, it'll
> chime, then read the dialog text to you. This has proven to be pretty
> useful to me.
> 


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Re: Pismo 400 chiming

[Jim Anderson]

> You don't state if you have any applications open or what OS 
> you are using. Your computer chiming is trying to get your 
> attention about something, but we need more info to determine what.

This is probably common knowledge, but...

You could try turning on speech for error messages. If this is
caused by an error dialog popping up behind the active window, it'll
chime, then read the dialog text to you. This has proven to be pretty
useful to me.

Cheers,

Jim Anderson

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Re: Pismo 400 chiming

[Joe Ellis]

- Original Message -
From: "Lynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 11:13 AM
Subject: Pismo 400 chiming


> HI,
>
> I hesitate to ask this because I do not want to know the
> answer.
>
> My PB has been chiming or dinging about 8 times every so often.
> Not at startup. No startup issues.  It usually happens when
> I have it on but am not using it.
>
> Does this signal anything bad?
> Thanks,
> Lynn

You don't state if you have any applications open or what OS you are using.
Your computer chiming is trying to get your attention about something, but
we need more info to determine what.

Joe Ellis


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Re: Pismo 400 chiming

[Bruce Johnson]

Lynn wrote:

HI,

I hesitate to ask this because I do not want to know the
answer.
My PB has been chiming or dinging about 8 times every so often.
Not at startup. No startup issues.  It usually happens when
I have it on but am not using it.
Does this signal anything bad?
Some sort of alarm program? Is it doing anything else adverse?

What OS?

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Pismo 400 chiming

[Lynn]

HI,

I hesitate to ask this because I do not want to know the
answer.

My PB has been chiming or dinging about 8 times every so often.
Not at startup. No startup issues.  It usually happens when
I have it on but am not using it.

Does this signal anything bad?
Thanks,
Lynn


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