I would appreciate any wisdom available. I have a Beige G3 DT 300mhz, 512 MB RAM, original 6 GB ATA HD and using OS 9.0.4. I had a crash of the ATA HD about 5 mo. ago while using OS 8.5, so I restored and reinitialized the HD and upgraded to 9.0.4 with a new Installer CD. During the transition process I ran off a 9 GB external SCSI HD, which I now use as the backup external HD and emergency startup disk, also now running 9.0.4. The "old" but newly reformated ATA HD seems to work well with 9.0.4, as does the external SCSI HD, but in the past 6 weeks both HD's now fail the TechTool Pro 3.0.3 Multitest check, with the indication I have a Finder problem which would require ResEdit or a reinstall of the Finder software. When I did a "clean install" of 9.0.4 on the SCSI HD and then ran TT Pro 3.0.3. I got the same result. I then ran a "surface check" of the SCSI HD with TT Pro, which reported no problem. But on reinstall of 9.0.4, the finder problem returns after a few days. The most perplexing part is that with the exception of an occassional freeze, requiring a forced restart, the computer seems to startup normally from either HD and run quite well ( i.e.better than it used to under OS 8.5 ) The freezes are usually under Netscape 4.7 or Internet Explorer 4.5, but only maybe once in every day or two. I use Netscape at least 10 different times over maybe 3 hours every day, with Road Runner as ISP.
I have no idea what is the problem is but wonder if upgrading OS 9.1 will help or hurt. I have run DiskWarrior 2.2 and Disk First Aid numerous times. The only other symptom of interest I have noted is that inspite of 512 MB of RAM, I have been having periodic messages saying too much RAM when I try to launch MS Word 5.1a, and to reduce the allocation, which doesn't help. Although if I do something else and try again a few minutes later, Word 5.1a will open and work flawlessly. That was happening just before the ATA HD crashed 5 mo. ago also, but after the reinstalls was not a problem until the last few days. Any suggestions will be appreciated. I am at a loss as to whether it is an OS problem, a hardware problem or "sun spots"? Thank you. Don -- 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>
