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 > total wipe of my drive and all was fine until I upgraded to 10.3.4 when I > could not boot at all. That's a long, sad story and I am not going to tell > it. I ended up back at 10.2.8 and all was great. But I really missed Panther > so I tried and it did install but some "pre-binding" did not get done > apparently as I cannot use several Apple apps at all including mail and > itunes. Also I have no sound in the finder. Sound works in some other apps. > Disk Utility run via the Panther CD now shows several "orphaned siblings" > and other directory problems that it cannot fix. I ran Disk Warrior and now > Disk Utility stops quick saying it cannot continue as "hash table full". > There is no info on hash tables on the Apple support site. The computer > runs, enough apps work to make it usable, but I am wanting it to be as it > should be. I have often suspected that my RAM is of a brand not compatible > with 10.3 and wonder if changing it would help. I have 2 sticks totalling > 512 MB. Or maybe the hard drive is just not able to keep itself in proper > order? Anybody got any advice? 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 Panther and did have from the very beginning apparently, not just with the most recent update. Had you reported problems getting back to 10.2.8 I'd have immediately jumped on the hard drive. But since you didn't I'm pushing the drive down to suspect number 2 and bumping RAM up to suspect number 1. When we were doing our Panther upgrades we had a couple computers that refused to upgrade - but had been find with Jaguar. In one case we basically 'lucked' into a hard drive problem we'd been unaware of - but this computer refused the downgrade to Jaguar, unlike yours. For the others, we swapped RAM and found that to be the problem. Even so, I'm not confident enough to just say "Order more memory!" so I hope you have a friend whose computer has compatible RAM or a friendly Mac dealer who will quickly check out the RAM for you. Note: I had my own RAM problems when I bought an AlBook. The first stick of 512 was obviously bad. The second seemed fine until I tried to upgrade to Panther. That stick tested out ok using Apple's hardware test CD but was obviously the cause of the problem. david -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
