mkbike wrote: snip* I thought the > machine was pretty responsive for what it is intended except it seems to get > hung every few minutes or so. I can still move the cursor anywhere I want > but cannot get any response for maybe 15 sec (haven't timed it exactly). I > do not have to restart to clear it...it just goes back to normal. Other than > this problem which even frustrates my 3 year old on low tech kids games, the > machine zips along. Same hesitation occurs no matter what program I'm > running (IE 5.1, Monopoly, Reader Rabbit). > > I did reformat the HD w/MAC OS Std, clean install 8.5 then upgrade to 8.6, > checked seating of RAM, VRAM, cache, checked battery (with volt meter), and > hit the CUDA button. I'm wondering what else to do or if the symptoms are > consistent with some fault others on the list have encountered? Maybe this > is one reason it was surplus:( ?
I bought an old LC 580 over ebay about a year ago. It too experiences the same symptoms that you have described. Considering the size of the hard drive, and the fact it was made eons ago, i would and did fault the hard drive as the source of the problem. I would recommend that you buy a newer to you SCSI hard drive and go from there. Only problem I can forsee is that you might not end up with any better of a drive than you may already have. Stick with a 2.0 Gig HDD, they might actually be young enough to be fault free for long enough a time to prove a worthwhile investment. The only other "guess" that I might suggest is the SCSI cable that connects your HDD. It might have been weakened somehow, although, the only evidence that would implicate this as the problem would be that was attached to a non original drive. 500 Mb is small enough to disqualify this reasoning, but perhaps before it was sold, whichever drive was being used may have been removed and this 500 Mb one may have been substituted to say that it comes with a hard drive. I know that last bit of supposition is a stretch, however, it is plausible. Good luck. Kevin -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
