On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 02:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have an S900 with a Newertech G3 Processor & 532 MB RAM. 3 > Hardrives - a > 2 GIG, and two 9 Gigs- each partitioned into 4.5 Gig. I've been > running > like this for two years of with no real problems. > > However, I've just started having problems when trying to launch > QuarkXpress 4.11. Frequently, I get an error message "out of memory". > That > is baloney, as they say, because I have allocated more than 27000 KB to > that program. The odd thing is the program will run just fine for a > month > of so and then start these weird memory things again (it has done this > before and stopped with no explanation), or it will just freeze up upon > launch. I usually run Norton Disk Doctor from System works 1.0 and > that > seems to cure little problems that are found. I usually run it three > times > in a row even when it says things are OK. It never finds anything > major > wrong, and it doesn't cure the problem with Quark. I don't know why > the > machine did this same thing about two months ago, and then just > starting > working fine again - usually the next day after I've given up and gone > home. I'm stuck on this one. > > Today for the first time I started getting error messages saying "this > file > cannot be opened by the version of Quark you are using". The dumb > thing is > I was the creator of the file - using the same Quark 4.11 version - > that I > still use. I'm beginning to wonder of I have a "memory leak" as was > talked > about a while back with OS 8.6. The weirdest thing is all other > programs > run fine, except VPC occasionally just quits - with now explanation. > But > that is tolerable, believe it or not. It just re-launches without a > problem, WIN98 does its Scan Disk thing and it is just fine again. > > My final question is - should I upgrade to OS 9.1? My hesitation to > do so > is caused by the fact that I am soooooo networked into our corporate > Mainframe, file servers, and Lotus NOTES servers etc. that I would be > in a > total freefall if I could not connect to all that "windows" stuff. > I'm the > only MAC guy in a Huge PC corporate world of 45,000 + people. (I know > - its > sounds like a miracle that I even have a MAC - right?). Well as long > as > I'm up and running nobody cares, including IT. I also use DAVE and > VPC > 4. I am due to get a new G4 after January 1st, but the date is not > firm. > I need to "operate" now. Any thoughts - about the upgrading or > otherwise? > Thanks for your input. >
Hi mwsmith, I would feel better to fix 9.0.4 first then you can think about 9.1. You can try rebuilding the desktop by holding down the option-Apple keys at startup. This often solves problems like the Quark thing. Try zapping the pram with the option-Apple-p-r keys depressed at restart to the 3rd bong. Your system file could be damaged. Go to the system folder and from the system prefs file, trash the finder prefs, Mac OS prefs and system prefs. Then restart. Which version of Nortons is that? I use Nortons 6 & 7. If you have an early edition, it may not be seeing the problem. There is a free download of TechTool Pro from www.micromat.com. This might see the problem. I found 9.1 to be more stable than 9.0.4. It's easy for me to suggest upgrading but only you know your tolerance for the techno-political situation at work. When you get your G4, it will probably have Jaguar and this should help connecting to the company network. HTH. Eric -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
