Pardon my ignorance BUT .... Could this be a L2 Cache problem ? RHB ************************************
Lew Mills wrote > > >You say installers are saying files are corrupt. > >When did you last rebuild your desktop and do you have frequent > >crashes? Have you run test utilities on your internal drive? > > I have rebuilt the desktop recently. Yes, I do have frequent crashes. > I am afraid to defragment the disks, though they are not even > terribly fragmented, since it might not get through it. Norton seems > to think the disks are all fine, all the time. > > I wonder if it is either a problem with the Firewire, or a bus speed > problem, since it predates the Firewire a bit, to have crashes. Last > thing would be that it has some problem that I used to hear called a > "system heap overrun", though I don't know if that is still relevant. > I suspect that since it occurs with programs that use a lot of finder > resources, like: > > Eudora mailboxes, > Database programs that write directly to the file, like PowerOn's Contacts > Or Quicken, in several versions, > Printing on the network at the same time as being online. > > Conflict Catcher 8 recommends turning off extensions that use too > much memory, but they are generally ones that I need. > > These problems predate the Firewire card. However, the corrupt > resources is new. I was unable to install one program, Quicken 2002, > until I installed on another computer onto a zip disk, then ran the > update onto the zip, and then copied it over to my hard drive. > > Even if I unplug the Firewire drive, I still had problems installing > anything on the internal drive. the card was still in the slot > though. Is the slot 1 the one on the top? > > I am exhausted with it and looking at a new G4 DP machine as my salvation. > > I appreciate any tips... > > Lew > -- -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
