Try the simplest thing first- put a newer, larger hard drive in. The "hanging" you describe could be your drive locking up. Sometimes they do that for quite a while before seizing all the way. The Rev 1 ATA bus is often a PIA.... If the B&W doesn't have a SCSI card you can get one cheap and put a 10K SCSI drive in (SATA and ATA cards, even used ones, are more expensive).
On Feb 1, 11:20 am, Sandymac <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi - > > I recently upgraded a Rev 1 B&W G3, replacing the original 300 mHz CPU > with a 450 mHZ CPU from another B&W. I reset the jumpers to the 450 > settings. > > Then I did a clean install of Tiger 10.4 on the original 6 GB, which > took several tries but finally got done. > > Then I ran 'software update' a few times (not every update showed up > in the original search) and ran those updates. I took the precaution > of running 'disk utilities/permissions repair' after each update. > > The B&W runs quite fast on Tiger 10.4.11 - but... > > It hangs frequently, especially when using Safari and Firefox, but > even when running 'disk utility' sometimes. The cursor won't move, and > after restarting, sometimes it runs OK for a while but always hangs > again at some point. > > I've tried restarting in 'safe' mode, but that makes no difference; it > still hangs. > > And after about half a day of frequent restarts, I noticed that the > startup tone/chime doesn't sound - but I still hear other sounds (like > the crunching of the 'empty trash' function). > > I love keeping old Macs going; I'm planning on giving this to a friend > who is about as non-techie as you can get (not that I'm all that much > of a techie either, but I've owned lots of Macs). But this is driving > me nuts... I'm hoping someone has a fix for me! > > Sandymac --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
