>> > iMac rev. B freezes during installation of Jaguar (about halfway > through > first CD, when "Writing Files". machine has 384MB of RAM, and I just > put > in an IBM Deskstar 40 GB HD. I was told by someone at Apple tech. > supportthat the "installation freezes are usually traceable to hardware > upgrades". Has anyone else had a problem like this and is there any > solution or workaround?
it's almost always bad RAM. try removing one of your RAM chips and try again... and if it happens again, swap them and try again. if it STILL happens, you might have a bad processor card or logic board. << ----------------------- I would suggest one more step in the RAM troubleshooting: if after swapping the RAM cards and it still freezes, try your original RAM from Apple...or better yet, put your original RAM in right away, after removing all RAM upgrade cards, and see if it still freezes. There were numerous threads on www.macintouch.com, under their 10.2 and Bad RAM user reports pages, of 10.2 installation, freezes, kernel panics, gray-screens-of-death, and such that were ultimately traced to RAM. It seems that 10.2 makes a greater utilization of RAM than 9.2 ever did, and RAM that would work with 9.2 simply would not work with 10.2. The solutions generally were to replace the "bad" RAM with RAM from reputable sellers who would provide an exchange in case further RAM problems developed. I very much doubt that you have a bad processor or logic board, especially if you can still boot into OS 9. One other remote possibility: do you have any buss-powered USB devices attached, or a number of USB devices? These critters can often cause system freezes. Jerry -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
