> From: "Haroldo Mauro Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [PCI] performa 6360
> Performa 6360, Crescendo G3/300, Mac OS 8.6, 104 RAM 20G Maxtor HD > > It's got this intermittent problem: it freezes half of the time at > the smiling Mac at startup. Starting up from the CD give the same > results. It might or it might not freeze. So with pressing the shift > key at startup. When it starts up OK, it works for a while and then > freezes. It froze on Eudora, IE, Word, Pyro, etc. At one ocasion, the > Finder quitted unexpectedly even though no one was sitting at the > computer/no programs running. When it freezes at startup, it usually > freezes again at the forced restart, but if I turn it off for a > couple of hours it starts. However, it froze first thing this > morning, after being off all night. > > The things I did: > Trashed Finder preferences > Replaced Finder > Zap the pRAM, nvRAM, CUDA > Disabled AppleTalk > Rebuild Desktop > Ran Norton > > The HD was installed a few weeks ago, initialized with Drive Setup > (Mac OS Extended) and Mac OS 8.6 installed. But it had problems > before the new disk was installed too. > > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Harold Given what you have done, I would now check the RAM sticks. If you don't want to open up the case, at least try Gauge Pro to test, use thousand or more iterations... - if you can before a freeze! Open the machine and reseat whatever can be reseated, try. Pull all but say one Ram stick (you will need about 16MB min I think) If you aren't sure of the procedure for checking out Ram, ask... David Elmo what does "nvRAM" mean, feeling dull today, sorry... -- 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
