Thanks for the help guys. I now have OS 8.5 installed and running but the machine is very unstable. It locks up after 10 minutes of usage. Could this be due to the bad HD or due to the processor upgrade I did? I put a Wallstreet 292mhz card and new 256mb chip in the machine. I'm sure this all should be compatible with OS 8.5, right? This is not a 3rd party processor card--it's an Apple part.
Any ideas?
�
8.5 is rather stable but I always thought 8.6 ( free download ) was much more so.
Try playing with disk cache settings. Doubling the size made the Epic 1400 I just got more steady on 8.5 . Also give it a little but not a lot of virtual memory. say 5 MB or less. If the RAM memory you put in is good then the hard drive may well be the problem. I think the small laptop drives live a harder life than desktop drives. But this is another area where I haven't had much experience.
I assume the CPU is running OK.
Next time try to describe the conditions of crashing/ freezing. What progarm was running and what you were doing. If you were running IE or Netscape dump the cache. Give it more memory al;location in the GET INFO panel and a bigger cache size in preferences.
that's all I can think of for now. Good Luck,
-- Adrian
-- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and...
Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! |
Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html>
PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/>
Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
