I've been having a problem with Illustrator error messages on my PTP with
500mhz G3 upgrade. I'm copying it to this list because I'm using the EDO RAM
recommended by Velocity. Some on this list were skeptical of that
recommendation. This is their chance to say I told you so - IF my problem
sounds like a RAM problem. Here's the message:
> Greetings-
>
> This problem is weird enough that I'm going to have to be a bit lucky to find
> help here, but here goes...
>
> Illustrator 9.02 (freshly reinstalled with problem continuing). FilterIt 4 and
> Vector Effects 1.5 as plug-ins. MacOS 9.1. 640mb of RAM, 160mb currently
> assigned to AI. 3 gigs space on startup/spool/file saving drive.
>
> Working on small to medium size files, up pops a file message that "Acrobat
> PDF File Format is having difficulties. The file may be damaged." This seems
> to happen more often after saving, or after doing something else outside of
> AI. Once I paused from work in AI to start up MultiTimer Pro, and got the
> error message within seconds. Another time an accidental keyboard combination
> within AI launched Internet Explorer, and I got the PDF message before IE was
> fully booted. Another time it popped up when I went to the Chooser.
>
> Searching didn't find a file named anything like PDF File Format, so other
> than the fresh install of AI, I haven't replaced it (if it exists). Have run
> Norton and Disk First Aid with none but minor repairs.
>
> Typically I can continue long enough to save any open files, but often the AI
> palettes are gone from the screen and usually AI will crash within a few
> minutes. Quitting and restarting (without rebooting the system) doesn't
> restore normal stability.
>
> Could this be a flaky RAM problem? I added new RAM about 6 weeks ago but have
> had this problem only for 10 days or so. Also, I noticed that open apps
> sometimes quit lately coming out of sleep mode.
>
> The AI problem was noticed after I had reinstalled Canvas 7 and used it for a
> project. After that project, in trying to troubleshoot this issue, I turned
> off in Conflict Catcher all the Kodak color stuff and GEARPPCS.LIB and
> IGLZWPPCS.LIB (items that had been installed by Canvas). Didn't seem to help.
>
> Sorry to run on, but Sherlock Holmes always works best when he has most of the
> facts. TIA...
>
> Chuck M
> Miller Studios, LLC
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