>My iMac G5 iSite has been having frequent "blue screen" >equivalents.....the transparent gray box that tells me OSX has quit >and I have to shut down.
Is there any info in panic.log? Did you update to X.4.10? If yes you'll have to hope that X.4.11 fixes it. What I read about X.4.11 suggests that it is largely intended to fix the bugs in X.4.10. Not Apple's proudest hour. >Most of the message meant nothing to me but there was one line that seemed >to indicate a memory failure. Is there a way to test the memory on a >Mac without having to buy new memory and install it, only to find >that wasn't the problem? Easy way is to install Applejack with the memory test option. You can then run a thorough memory test from single-user mode (command line). >When watching my system stat monitors, I see that the cpu is >frequently at 100%+ usage (and programs are CRAWLING). I suppose >there could be a hard drive problem. Since it was getting full A near full drive could definitely cause all the problems you describe. What process(s) are using all this CPU time? Check with Activity Monitor. >have moved iTunes and Photos to an external drive so I could free up >space on the main hd, thinking that OSX needed empty space to use as >memory??? Is this wrong? You want minimum 1-2 GB of free disk space. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
