Re: Leopard on my iMac

2011-04-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 15, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Dan Ziegler wrote: > I think I have found (at least one) culprit. Looking in the > CrashReporter log, > Process: DashboardClient [1171] > ... > Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS) > Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0003ffc0 > Crashed

Re: Leopard on my iMac

2011-04-15 Thread Dan Ziegler
I think I have found (at least one) culprit. Looking in the CrashReporter log, Process: DashboardClient [1171] ... Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS) Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0003ffc0 Crashed Thread: 0 Plus whenever I start Dashboard it triggers the whol

Re: Leopard on my iMac

2011-04-11 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 11, 2011, at 5:59 PM, Dan Ziegler wrote: >> A long time ago I had a similar thing happen when a USB device went flaky. > That's possible - but the iMac is all stock HW - Apple kybd. and > mouse, and no upgrades or other USB devices. Perhaps some other > (internal) HW? What do you suggest

Re: Leopard on my iMac

2011-04-11 Thread Dan Ziegler
Hello all, Thanks alot for all your insight. This just in: DashboardClient reported an error (send to apple, etc.) twice today. Don't know if that's related. BTW I should be able to look at the console and Activity monitor on Wed., so I'll keep you posted. Bruce, > A long time ago I had a similar t

Re: Leopard on my iMac

2011-04-11 Thread Clark Martin
On Apr 11, 2011, at 12:13 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Apr 11, 2011, at 11:47 AM, Dan Ziegler wrote: > >> Well the RAM amount is possible, I know it needs more... but it has >> worked great for 1.5 years until about 2 weeks ago this started. (And >> will Dad want to spend $70, hmm...) This i

Re: Leopard on my iMac

2011-04-11 Thread Doug McNutt
At 12:13 -0700 4/11/11, Bruce Johnson wrote: >On Apr 11, 2011, at 11:47 AM, Dan Ziegler wrote: > >> Well the RAM amount is possible, I know it needs more... but it has >> worked great for 1.5 years until about 2 weeks ago this started. (And >> will Dad want to spend $70, hmm...) This is really real

Re: Leopard on my iMac

2011-04-11 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 11, 2011, at 11:47 AM, Dan Ziegler wrote: > Well the RAM amount is possible, I know it needs more... but it has > worked great for 1.5 years until about 2 weeks ago this started. (And > will Dad want to spend $70, hmm...) This is really really really slow > - I'm talking slower than my old

Re: Leopard on my iMac

2011-04-11 Thread Dan Ziegler
Well the RAM amount is possible, I know it needs more... but it has worked great for 1.5 years until about 2 weeks ago this started. (And will Dad want to spend $70, hmm...) This is really really really slow - I'm talking slower than my old Sawtooth, 10.4.11 with 384 MB! Maybe the install is old wi

Re: Leopard on my iMac

2011-04-11 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 11, 2011, at 11:20 AM, Dan Ziegler wrote: > April 2008 iMac Penryn > 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo > 1 GB 800 MHz DDR2 < Also if it is right at 45 minute intervals, something's happen