On Oct 25, 2008, at 3:31 PM, Wilton Shaw wrote: > Hello, > I'm back again using my trusty eMac with OS 10.5.5. > I want to thank everyone for helping me with my problem of slowness > with my computer. I have my internal HD and an external HD, both of > which were operating very slowly even though I have Verizon DSL. I > also had a problem with receiving mail when using the internal > drive. When using the external drive it worked fine. However, > yesterday while working with my e-mails, they froze. I tried to > force them to quit. The external icon disappeared. The HD unmounted > itself and I have no idea how to get it to mount. If you answer > this message and don't hear from me, it's because your e-mails are > not getting to me. What a mess. By the way, amists all of this, my > computer returned to its higher speed. > Thanks
I would guess your external drive was going bad, and your computer appeared to slow down, because it was waiting for a good communication with a failing hard drive. Now that the external drive is, well, dead (?) ... your computer has "returned" to its original speed (which it never really lost). Just guessing ... so don't start throwing things out (the window) just yet ... Got any friends that could drop by and look and listen to get a better diagnosis? Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
