Rev. George wrote: >Hi all; >Lately my Beige G3 266DT, rev.3C, 320 megs real ram, 6 meg vram has been >acting kind of flakey, things like not remembering certain prefs and such. I >hate doing clean installs, so I have an idea I want to run by the more >knowledgeable. I'm running OS 8.6 installed in February from a backup I made >from my old Performa 6360.
Your G3/266DT may be getting sufficiently long in the tooth to warrant a new PRAM battery- it will start doing strange things when it starts to go, and will become progressively more random. You could replace that anyway, and then even if that's not the problem now, it won't be a problem in six months when you're really under the cosh to get some work done... Clean installs are really good. They make many flaky things work properly. I just did one, when I realised that 9.1 is the best bet for my Beige G3DT (was 266 now 500) & ditched 9.2.2 'cos I'm never going to use OS X on this machine and it was making things not work. Mike's advice... use the opportunity of a clean install to analyse what your key apps are, how you are using the mac, and take a pencil and a piece of paper and actually physically write down all your settings... good luck M. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
