Kris Tilford wrote: > On Jul 16, 2009, at 7:53 PM, Ricardo Sevilla wrote: > > >> because the mouse will appear on the screen but nothing >> else will show up. >> > > >> while it "freezes" the mouse still appears and is moveable and >> controllable >> but nothing else is. >> > > I believe this ability to move the cursor without any action, is a > sign that the System HD isn't active any longer. When I used to boot > from external Firewire HDs sometimes the connection to the HD would > fail, and if I hot-re-plugged the Firewire cable or cycled the power > to the Firewire enclosure, or both, sometimes the System would spring > back to life again. > > If this only happens after sleep, you should either uncheck the option > to "Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible" in the Energy Saver > preferences, or disable sleep completely. I never use sleep on any of > my Macs, so sleep was not a cause of the similar issue I've seen with > Firewire HDs, but I'm almost certain your issue is the System HD not > waking and being off-line to the System. > > If you need sleep, you might restart once in Safe Boot by hold the > shift key at startup which will rebuild the cache files. Then boot > again normally and see if that helps? I wouldn't hold my breath. > > Another thought: If your 500GB HD is a Seagate, some of these had bad > firmware that was causing problems. AFAIK you'd need a PC to upgrade > the firmware. Here's a website to check for bad Seagate HDs: > <http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207931#Id109278 > > > > > You'd get a lot better System response if you got a new video card to > replace the AGP Rage Pro. There are AGP cards that support Quartz > Extreme & Core Image/Animation that will give your System a boost > almost as great as the CPU upgrade. I don't believe the Rage card has > anything to do which this dynamic "freeze" you're experiencing, but I > do know a new card would dramatically speed up even common things like > scrolling large complex webpages. > > > > > > > I have tried booting into safe mode by holding down the shift key but it doesnt do anything. This is what it does. I hold down the shift key, while I press the power button and then the boooooong sound occurs. After the sound nothing happens even if I hold the key and even if I let it go. NOTHING. Am I doing it wrong? I truly appreciate the resonse.
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