Hello All, I¹ve got an iBook 2 or 3 years old: G4 933 MHz 14 inch screen 640 MB Ram OS 10.3.9 Airport Extreme
For a month or so I get the beach ball of death on startup. It boots all the way, first I get the normal cursor arrow and then the beach ball starts spinning. The battery time available on the menu bar shows ³calculating² and never progresses to the hours remaining. I can¹t get any program to start, they also hang. Seems to happen whether I¹m on battery power or power adaptor. I have to hold down the power button and force a restart. And then it works fine. But it doesn¹t happen when I plug into a hard wire Ethernet line at the office. So I thought it could be the airport card, but it does it even if I turn the card off before shutdown. When I restart, same old problem. I¹m thinking that installing the software upgrades bit by bit might have screwed something up. Maybe a clean install with the complete upgrade would clean things up. But that¹s a lot of work and so I¹m willing to try other options first. I¹ve tried: Running Disk Warrior Repair Disk Permissions Zapping Pram Remove all unnecessary startup items. I have a test user set up with no startup items, I logged out of my normal user account and made my test account the main boot user. Same thing, spinning beach ball. Any thoughts? TIA, Geno -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
