REMINDER of what this machine is:
Machine Name: Power Mac G5
Machine Model: PowerMac7,3
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (2.2)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 1.8 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 900 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.1.8f7
Just tried pulling all the perifs off and SAFE boot and reboot, No
Joy there, still the same mess.
MAIL will run OK, but APPLEWORKS can;t get but 1/2 started and hang,
SAFARI works at first but then takes MINUTES to get the home URL up
and on screen. Any function makes the HD seem to work itself a LOT.
And in SAFARI it gets worse until there are 10's of minutes between
any input (mouse or keyboard) till you suddenly see the screen effect
of it.
when it hangs up during a LOGIC audio project, it will continue to
play back the audio but nothing on the screen moves.
COMMAND-OPTION-ESC to bring up the FORCE QUIT box can take seconds or
minutes to happen.
How can I check for RAM problems?
All of this coupled with the CARBON COPY consistent warning (it runs
every midnight) that it has about 10 files on what it calls a bad
disc area makes me think I should replace the 200GB #1 drive ASAP.
Never done this one before, I'll admit.
I assume the $80 SEAGATE 7200's at BEST BUY are adequate?
Do I want to get something small, or to partition a 2T drive?
How do I prep things for this? CCC has been backing this #1 drive to
the #2 (2T) drive for the last few days.
I want to keep this G5 at 10.4.11 and will check, but should have all
the install disks.
THanks for the help
John Vengrouskie
On Feb 25, 2013, at 8:55 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote:
Il giorno 25/02/13 23.09, JohnV ha scritto:
several USB and FW external drives hanging off it.
First, try using your G5 without any external peripheral connected
(save for
monitor, mouse and keyboard).
Thus you'll know if the problem is related to some peripheral, or the
computer itself.
Second, run Disk Utility and check your disk(s); your troubles
might be
related to a disk going bad.
Third (after trying the cache trick Kris told you), download,
install and
run Applejack: http://applejack.sourceforge.net/
(run it in Single user mode: hold Command+S at boot)
This will do a general cleanup and get rid of possible system issues.
Then, I'd try a reinstall of OSX 10.4.11.
I WOULDN'T upgrade to a diffferent OSX version, until the problem
has been
identified (new things often means new troubles).
You can also check Activity Monitor (Utility folder): checking CPU
loads,
you might identify some process that's hogging the machine.
Did you change anything about your Ram lately?
Sometimes a bad/failing/troublesome Ram stick might create this
kind of
symptoms, I think.
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