Re: Freezing eMac
Thanks to everyone for their comments about my freezing eMac. I have reinstalled OS X, and it seems a bit better, though it still freezes once in a while. So I feel that it could well be a RAM problem, and my serial fits the numbers posted on the Apple site perfectly, so it looks like Apple could well repair it gratis. Thanks again Jon Jon Davison Creative Training courses The Futuresphere Queenslea Drive Claremont, WA 6010 t: 9442 1659 m: 0403 235938 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: www.futuresphere.com.au
Re: Freezing eMac
Thanks Kevin, Tech Tool Pro was the first Utility I tried, then Diskwarrior but to no avail, which makes me think it is a RAM issue. Plus what Apple are saying about the 1.33GHx eMac, and that they are offering free repair on certain models, so it seems to add up. Thanks anyway Jon On 25/01/2007, at 3:43 PM, kevin Lock wrote: Thanks to everyone for their comments about my freezing eMac. I have reinstalled OS X, and it seems a bit better, though it still freezes once in a while. So I feel that it could well be a RAM problem, and my serial fits the numbers posted on the Apple site perfectly, so it looks like Apple could well repair it gratis. Thanks again Jon Jon Davison Creative Training courses The Futuresphere Queenslea Drive Claremont, WA 6010 t: 9442 1659 m: 0403 235938 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: www.futuresphere.com.au Jon, TechTool has a feature which checks Ram and other hardware. I think the basic TechTool is a free download. I am using TechTool Pro 4 which I could loan you for evaluation purposes. Cheers Kev
Re: Freezing eMac
Hi Jon, There is currently a warranty extension program for this particular model of emac here : http://www.apple.com/support/exchange_repair/ emac.html I guess if your serial number falls in the range specified, that is most likely your problem. This happened to my 1.25 ghz emac too, hard freezes, that only a power down will fix. If it is the same problem. you should be able to look inyour ram slot and see a couple of capacitors there bulging or even leaking. Cheers James On 18/01/2007, at 4:09 AM, Jon Davison wrote: Our OS 10.3.9/512/1.25GHz home eMac is freezing on a regular basis. I have used Tech Tools Pro, plus fsck (4 times, and states the system is normal) but to no avail. It tends to freeze when a window is moved, or sometimes when Mail is opened. Often dragging an image to a folder will to it as well. The machine is about 3 years old. When it freezes the cursor can still move but everything else is locked. I have looked in Prefs an Library for anything out of the ordinary, but it all looks okay. Any thoughts at all on why this may be happening? Thanks Jon Jon Davison Creative Training courses The Futuresphere Queenslea Drive Claremont, WA 6010 t: 9442 1659 m: 0403 235938 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: www.futuresphere.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Freezing eMac
Hi Jon, Is it possible that you have some faulty RAM memories, or a memory module which is somehow loose? See if any of the RAM modules is not loose, and try reseating them. Sorry, can't suggest anything else. Good luck. Philippe C. on 18/1/07 3:09 AM, Jon Davison at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our OS 10.3.9/512/1.25GHz home eMac is freezing on a regular basis. I have used Tech Tools Pro, plus fsck (4 times, and states the system is normal) but to no avail. It tends to freeze when a window is moved, or sometimes when Mail is opened. Often dragging an image to a folder will to it as well. The machine is about 3 years old. When it freezes the cursor can still move but everything else is locked. I have looked in Prefs an Library for anything out of the ordinary, but it all looks okay. Any thoughts at all on why this may be happening? Thanks Jon Jon Davison Creative Training courses The Futuresphere Queenslea Drive Claremont, WA 6010 t: 9442 1659 m: 0403 235938 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: www.futuresphere.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Freezing eMac
Some ideas: * Run Applications/Utilities/Console.App and look for any problems or repeated messages in console.log or system.log. * Run memtest from http://memtestosx.org/ from single user mode overnight * Create a new 'Clean' user and see if the problem persists for that user. If not then it probably means it's something you've installed for your 'unclean' user that's causing the problem. * Disconnect any peripherals other than Apple mouse and keyboard and see if the problem persists. * Check the disk with DiskWarrior http://www.alsoft.com/diskwarrior/ * Upgrade the OS to Tiger (you can probably find cheaper copies these days or wait until Leopard's out :) Have fun, Shay On 18/01/2007, at 4:09 AM, Jon Davison wrote: Our OS 10.3.9/512/1.25GHz home eMac is freezing on a regular basis. I have used Tech Tools Pro, plus fsck (4 times, and states the system is normal) but to no avail. It tends to freeze when a window is moved, or sometimes when Mail is opened. Often dragging an image to a folder will to it as well. The machine is about 3 years old. When it freezes the cursor can still move but everything else is locked. I have looked in Prefs an Library for anything out of the ordinary, but it all looks okay. Any thoughts at all on why this may be happening? Thanks Jon Jon Davison Creative Training courses The Futuresphere Queenslea Drive Claremont, WA 6010 t: 9442 1659 m: 0403 235938 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: www.futuresphere.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer The love of liberty is the love Opinions for hire [POQ] of others; the love of power is http://newtonslore.com/fnord the love of ourselves - Hazlitt
