At 8:24 PM -0500 8/26/2009, Stephen Conrad wrote: > >OK, but if thats not my problem then what freezes up my machine when I >leave it un-used?
sigh. You mention that you get the SPOD - typically a temporary condition, while the app waits for the resource to become available, and you asked about Dashboard. But nowhere in the thread did you mention your Mac was actually freezing to the point you had to restart it or that it did this while otherwise idle. >I have to restart it just to use it. >It did this today and all I had pulled up was the desktop, nothing else. >I did a check of both HDs earlier and they were fine. But just now it >said USS Akira (120 GB HD that is formated as Mac OS Extended >(Journaled) and has 111.5 GB free. >Could this be what is freezing my G4 (the problem with my 2nd HD)? A bad HD, especially the boot volume could certainly cause the apps or even the system to hang.... as threads stall out waiting for data from the drive.... ...Note that we usually reserve the word "freeze" to mean that the mouse cursor does not move, and the system is totally unresponsive otherwise, even to keyboard activity, even after re-connecting the keyboard and mouse. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
