One idea, first off, who installed the extra 512 ram chip? Take out the 512 chip and see if you still have the problem.
on 2/26/03 7:25 AM, Tim Grimes at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Greetings, > > I've had an 17" G4 iMac with 768mb RAM since August 2002. This has > proven to be a beautiful to look at computer, but I've had a terrible > time keeping the OS working. The folks at Apple Care are nice, but they > haven't figured out the source of the problem, except for getting it > working again after system freezes, etc. > > My older Beige G3 using OS 9.2, which I've had for a long time has none > of problems my new iMac has. > > My three older 5500/250, 5400/180, and 5400/120's never just quit or > lock-up in perpetuity. > > Comments I've received from the Apple folks have been, "10.2 is what > 10.1.5 was supposed to be", and on another occasion, "10.1.5 has got a > few things that 10.2 fixed", and so forth. > > With Apple Care's guidance, I've gone as far as reinstalling the > complete restoration three (3) times since Aug 2002. This is ridiculous. > Likewise, I've gone through numerous trips to OS 9.2 to verify and > repair Btrees, etc. > > Most recently, OS X simply went to blue screen. In this case, the Apple > Care rep walked me through several UNIX tests, as well as zapping the > PRAM. That worked for a day. > > The next day, back to OS 9 and Btree repair. > > Folks, I don't get it. This 17" iMac is driving me nuts. And I'm only > running one suite of programs (Adobe's Design Collection: Illustrator > 10, Photoshop 7, Acrobat 5, and InDesign 2) which operates in either 9 > or 10; supposedly. However, I normally use these programs in OSX, up > until recently, when it went to "blue screen" after start-up. > > Here is my question - hopefully to someone else who's using a 17" G4 > iMac with OS 10.1.5: > > 1. Have you had any abnormalities with OS 10.1.5? > 2. What seemed to cause the problems? > 3. What did Apple Care tell you the problem was? > 4. Did you find a solution that made any sense - vice zapping PRAM, > re-installing OS restoration, reinstalling OSX, and bouncing back to OS9 > to do verify and repair constantly? > > I would sincerely appreciate anyone's expertise on this situation. > > One last note...I asked the folks at Apple if my purchasing OS 10.2 > would get rid of these problems, in that it would be worth my while to > simply purchase a new OS IF they believed it would fix the problem. > Their response -- "I don't think a new OS will fix your problem". I got > this answer about 3 or 4 times, nearly verbatim, from several of their > representatives. Notwithstanding, if anyone has FIXED a similar > instability problem (such as mine) by upgrading to 10.2, I would love to > hear about it. However, if I likely have a hardware problem, that > wouldn't make any sense. > > Again, I would MOST sincerely appreciate anyone advise as soon as > possible, as this is the only Mac we have that I can stand to look at > for graphics design. > > Tim > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- -- 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> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
