On Oct 19, 2008, at 4:17 AM, imaclist group wrote:
> == 1 of 2 == > Date: Sat, Oct 18 2008 8:18 pm > From: Laura > > > Hi All, > As you can see by my below specs my imac is pretty maxed out. > Lately I have been having problems watching tv shows in itunes. > For a few minutes its fine, then eventually the cpu starts maxing out > and the video kind of slows down - sound is still there. > I pause it, wait a minute then it works fine for like 5 or 10 minutes, > then it maxes out again. > I am running no other programs. > Any ideas would be appreciated. > thanks > laura drew > 2 GB RAM, updated dvd drive, fan, 500 gb hard drive > Flat Panel iMac, G4, 1 GHz > hard drive is half full What OS version are you using? My first suspicion points to the quality of service that you have from your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Are you on cable or DSL (phone line)? What does the ISP claim to be its download capacity to your modem? Cable performance is sensitive to the number of people in your neighborhood actually on line at a given time. If you are on cable, would the video performance be better at 2 or 5 AM, or even mid- morning, than at 5 to 10 PM when folks have returned home from work and school? There are things to check on your machine which can affect performance in unexpected ways. Delete browser cache. Delete other caches. Do routine maintenance, meaning ensure that maintenance scripts (cron jobs) have been done in the past month or so. Also, in your initial setup, you had to specify what type/speed of internet service you were getting. Frankly, I do not know where/how to check on that. Al Poulin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
