Re: OS 10.3 problem(update)

2004-07-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 13, 2004, at 10:23 AM, Gregory Cortelyou wrote: Some o Can I now put back the offending RAM stick in the available top slot? I have heard that it is the installer that is finicky about the RAM, not the installed OS. So for now it looks like I can get by on this hard drive for a while more

Re: OS 10.3 problem(update)

2004-07-13 Thread Gregory Cortelyou
Some of the pertinent background follows. I decided to try to re-install without spending money yet. So I tried doing it with only one of the RAM sticks installed in the bottom. I erased and formatted the drive with the Panther CD. I am thinking maybe I don't need 9 anymore on this machine. Th

Re: OS 10.3 problem

2004-07-01 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 01/07/04 10:27, "Gregory Cortelyou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My first impulse told me that the RAM was the problem. I am willing to > buy new sticks but I would love to have some recommendations of brands > that are known to work well with this RAM finicky system. Swapping out > the RAM wil

Re: OS 10.3 problem

2004-07-01 Thread Gregory Cortelyou
On Jul 1, 2004, at 10:44 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm guessing that you'll wind up doing a reinstall of Panther but it is purely a guess. Is your computer acting up because it has a good Panther install and the memory is causing problems? Or did the memory problem cause the Panther install to

Re: OS 10.3 problem

2004-07-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 7/1/04 10:27 AM, "Gregory Cortelyou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My first impulse told me that the RAM was the problem. I am willing to > buy new sticks but I would love to have some recommendations of brands > that are known to work well with this RAM finicky system. Swapping out > the RAM wi

Re: OS 10.3 problem

2004-07-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 7/1/04 10:27 AM, "Gregory Cortelyou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My first impulse told me that the RAM was the problem. I am willing to > buy new sticks but I would love to have some recommendations of brands > that are known to work well with this RAM finicky system. Swapping out > the RAM w

Re: OS 10.3 problem

2004-07-01 Thread Gregory Cortelyou
On Jul 1, 2004, at 10:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greg, since we have don't have lots of Pismo owners complaining about problems with Panther we have to assume the problem is your computer. Two things about your issue stick out: 1) you have no trouble with Jaguar but 2) do have trouble with P

Re: OS 10.3 problem

2004-07-01 Thread Gregory Cortelyou
On Jul 1, 2004, at 9:52 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: I did buy the IBM/Toshiba TravelStar 40GB 5400rpm a little while ago. It's very quiet and is quite faster than the 20GB that was in the Pismo when I got it or the original 6 or 10GB. You should be able to find it for around $100 these days, may

Re: OS 10.3 problem

2004-07-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 6/30/04 8:49 PM, "Gregory Cortelyou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hope this is not OT since it is more of an OS issue than hardware (maybe) > but I need some help. I have had serious problems on my Pismo since > installing 10.3 when it came out. I actually got it working finally after a > tot

Re: OS 10.3 problem

2004-07-01 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 01/07/04 09:47, "Gregory Cortelyou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 30, 2004, at 11:17 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > >> >> Since you did re-install a few times, I'm guessing that your valuable >> data >> has, hopefully, already been backed up on another disk or partition >> (here a >> goo

Re: OS 10.3 problem

2004-07-01 Thread Gregory Cortelyou
On Jun 30, 2004, at 11:17 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: Since you did re-install a few times, I'm guessing that your valuable data has, hopefully, already been backed up on another disk or partition (here a good reason to partition a disk before installing OS X...). It sounds as if your hard disk

Re: OS 10.3 problem

2004-06-30 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 30/06/04 20:49, Gregory Cortelyou at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I hope this is not OT since it is more of an OS issue than hardware (maybe) > but I need some help. I have had serious problems on my Pismo since > installing 10.3 when it came out. I actually got it working finally after a > total

OS 10.3 problem

2004-06-30 Thread Gregory Cortelyou
I hope this is not OT since it is more of an OS issue than hardware (maybe) but I need some help. I have had serious problems on my Pismo since installing 10.3 when it came out. I actually got it working finally after a total wipe of my drive and all was fine until I upgraded to 10.3.4 when I could