On Mar 23, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Clmtyne wrote: > Not sure what's happening, but I had two profiles set up on my > Powerbook G4 15", and for some reason after switching to the other > user, I noticed that the applications folder had no folders in it. I > thought that maybe my daughter did something funny, but then I open > "About this Mac and saw that there is only 1gig of Ram showing. So > what happened to the other 1 gig stick of Ram? What causes that and is > it common? How do I fix this?
Well the first thing I'd check is to see if the ram itself had come unseated; sometimes when it's not quite seated correctly in the first place, it will come loose after variable amounts of time or the usual abuse that happens to laptops takes it's toll. Sometimes you really have to push them into the slot before bringing them down and latching. (this happened to me just the other day installing RAM in a MacBook pro; one SODIMM didn't quite go in and all sorts of weird system hikjinks then occurred. Second possibility is that that SODIMM has gone bad. take one out and see if it boots up to 1 gig ram. if so, shut down, swap the SODIMM modules and try the other, in the same slot. If THAT one works try swapping it to the other slot; if it's the slot, that's bad news, because that's a 'replace your logic board' fix. If it all checks out ok, replace it all, log in as the original profile, and see what System Profiler says, if THAT'S ok, switch users and see what it says. If it's wrong only on the one profile you have something very weird wrong with that profile...this is the least likely possibility in my opinion; a SODIMM come loose is the most. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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
