At 12:05 PM -0500 11/2/2008, Isaac Smith wrote:
>I knew that getting 2GB of RAM at an auction for only $20 (in a 
>working Sawtooth!) was too good to be true.

Check the manufacturer's web site.  Many sticks come with "life time" 
warranties these days, so maybe they'll just replace it ...

>But, there's still a big problem. The computer is running incredibly 
>slow. Activity Monitor reports 100% of the CPU being used at all 
>times, but when you add the percentages of the tasks visible in the
>Activity Monitor window, it's barely 15%.

You're viewing ALL processes, sorted by CPU usage, or just your own?

>Out of the now 1GB of RAM in the computer, only about 10MB are free, 
>and around 600MB are "Active."

What have you got running?

Send me some snapshots if you want...

- Dan.
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- Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth

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