> From: "Karen Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [PCI] HELP!!!
> I have a 9600/300/G3 and it recently crashed. I was working on it Monday > afternoon when it froze. Upon Restart, there was the flashing ? icon...and > nothing else. Long story short, I was able to bring it back, but it is > still very sick. I used TechTool Pro, Disk Doctor and it's OS 9.1 CD to > restore it, but it took a very, very long time and many trials. At first, > it wouldn't even boot from the 9.1 CD---all it did was lock up, especially > if I tried to reinstall. Disk Dr and TechTool are now both satisfied that > all is well---DD never found anything wrong, but TT repaired a few things. > I am now able to get my Desktop back up and can even open programs, but it > still freezes up often and frequently. Somethings were lost during the > trashing/reinstall of the OS. > > What is going on? > Can it be fixed? And if so, where do I send it/take it? > Is this curtains and should I just start salvaging what I can off it? > If this is it's final days, where can I go to find a used tower? > > Karen You have enough spare space on your HD (for VM and caches and stuff)? Defragged? Got any other HD to run off for a while, just to eliminate possible HD probs? Go to a minimum extension set (Say Mac OS base with any really necessary extras for your cpu etc...) and see how it runs. Check RAM. You need to do a thorough check of the RAM. Put Gauge Pro thru it for about 1500 iterations and see if anything untoward shows up. I would also chuck out the desktop folder and rebuild (Techtool Lite has a good facility for this...) David Elmo -- 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
