Chuck wrote:
>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:
-snip-
>> 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.
-snip-
>> 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.
-snip- Quitting and restarting (without rebooting the system) doesn't
>> restore normal stability.
-snip-
>> 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.
-snip-
>> The AI problem was noticed after I had reinstalled Canvas 7 and used it
>>for a
>> project.
-snip-
If the ram was installed 6 weeks ago and the problems have been occurring
only within the last ten days, that would seem to discount the ram as the
culprit.
It's easy enough to check out the ram by pulling it and seeing if the
problem still exists.
I'm more inclined to think that the root of the problem is the Canvas
install/uninstall.
Check for any fonts that were installed, as a recent message tracked some
weird freezes
to a corrupted font.
Try trashing the finder preferences and rebuilding the desktop as a simple
first step.
Cheers...Michael
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