Re: Safari unexpected quits on iMac g3

[Richard Gerome]

Max the ram for sure like a lot of people said on here!!! Also you might want to try running Camino or FireFox ... Go to their websites and download the versions for Tiger, also update Java and any latest security updates... Tiger is getting too old for a lot of web browsers now, I also heard some people say to delete Dash Board too??? I never tried that though??? Running Tiger on a G3 is a little slow to begin with... I down loaded SeaMonkey and it runs very well except the English version is in German, I don't know why and I couldn't find a version in English yet... -----Original Message----- From: tentengrrl Sent: Apr 18, 2010 5:22 PM To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Safari unexpected quits on iMac g3 Hi, I acquired a used g3 600 iMac running Tiger w/256K RAM b/c I took out one 256 stick to test my problem. I want to use it for basic internet, Word docs/Preview, etc and these are generally fine but will crash once in a while. The main problem is I can't get the Safari to stay open, it keeps unexpectedly quitting or freezing but sometimes it's after an hour and other times, 5 min or 10 seconds. After that happens the other programs MIGHT do the same thing. It was like this when I first got it so I did the combo udpate to Tiger 10.4.11 and Safari is version 3.0.4 thinking it would help but no.  Like I said, it's mostly Safari but during my testing of the sticks and slots by swapping them around, sometimes other programs will unexpectedly quit, I restart, Safari goes fine, other programs, too, and then a crash. Sometimes, after using only one stick I think the spinning beach ball freeze is due to just not enough RAM to load a page? But then I have enough RAM to run iTunes, Preview, Safari, and stickies all at once. (So I'm not sure. I'm still learning as I go along! When I look at the Problem Report it says Kern_bad_access and Kern-invalid address, or Kern_bad access and Kern_protection failure.  I just can't get a definite pattern on it b/c it seems so random but sometimes it does ramp up, crashing quicker and quicker but I can't determine if it's one stick/slot all the way. I have looked online and this seems not uncommon and to be attributed to bad RAM to a preferences file all the way to "just totally random". Does anyone have more info on this to shed some light? I was going to buy more RAM anyway soon but any info pertaining to what might be some other cause would help a lot. It's driving me crazy. I don't have any disks to run hardware tests and I don't really care to drop a lot of money into this iMac at this time. Is this a lost cause? Thanks! Lisa -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list