> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > At 01:35 PM -0800 11/03/2004, Judith Berkowitz wrote: > >My iMac Rev B 233Mhz > >OS 9.2.2 > >with 160 MB Ram > >has been shutting down frequently, in various > >programs, sometimes in the middle of a keystroke. > > Elaborate upon "shutting down frequently"... Do you mean the > application quits suddenly? Or the whole Mac suddenly seems to loose > power or? What is the exact error message?
Error messages are 2,3 and 7 that I recall... I will need to have it freeze up again to get a hold on what is happening exactly. Of course now that I want it to stop, it is chugging right along. > >Possibly related, sometimes the keyboard (and of > >course the mouse) simply stops. > > Could be a USB problem. Check your cables. Disconnect all other USB > peripherals - just leave your mouse and keyboard connected. Duh on me. OK. Will do. Shoulda thunk o' that one! > >I turned on "Show Balloons" in the Finder, then > >opened "About This Computer" under the Apple. When > >the cursor is hovered on the memory bar next to > >the Mac OS icon, the ballon reports that, "This > >program is currently using 33.4 MB out of the 33.4 > >MB reserved for it." > > This is normal. The system allocates memory from its own pools > dynamically, as it needs. Aha... Thank you Dan and Miche for the info about the OS grabbing/allocating more memory as needed. I see that it does change: it has said at various times today 32.7 out of 32.7, and 33.4 out of 33.4... Still it seems that there is no wiggle room for it! > >Also, should memory allocated to apps follow any rule? > > If an application uses memory from its own partition, then its > performance may improve if you allocate more to it. But many > applications use temp memory - which is allocated dynamically off the > system's pool. You have no control over those. > > - Dan. > ------------------------------ Miche Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3 Nov 2004, at 9:35 pm, Judith Berkowitz wrote: > > > I probably should know this, but how do I increase > > memory allocated to the OS? > > The OS doesn't have a fixed memory allocation the way apps do [in OS > 9]: it grabs more as and when needed. I don't know what the cause of > your shutdowns is, but that's not the fix. > > Miche. -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
