At 16:43 -0700 02/25/2003, Chris & Gretchen Mayer wrote: >My s900 used to be super stable under OSX.1. Since upgrading to X.2, >I've been having a lot of crashes. The crashes are "hard" too; the >whole system including mouse function dies and a reboot is required. I >get the crashes every 10-30 minutes under normal use. The system will >run fine under X.2 for days if I leave it alone, but what use is that? >Mostly, the crashes seem to happen when (1) launching a program, (2) >quitting a program, or (3) using iTunes. > >I also experience jerky mouse movements when using iTunes to listen to >CDs. iTunes under 9.2 does not have this behavior. > >Any ideas? > >Here's my system profile: >s900 >PowerLogix daughter card with a G4 ZIF running at 450MHz
Is your CPU overclocked? It could be that activities that cause more CPU activity push it over the edge. iTunes is a clue in that direction. I have a 220 MHz G3 which was overclocked to 315 MHz and from my testing and a couple years of occasional use, I thought it was stable at that speed. I recently couldn't complete a backup with Retrospect and finally tracked it down to the CPU. I bumped it down to about 303 MHz and everything is fine now. Some times that bleeding edge tears your trousers. Jeff Walther -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
