-Antonio
On Sunday, Jun 22, 2003, at 04:20 America/Denver, Kris Tilford wrote:
I just had my first system crash since 10.2, but perhaps I caused it?
I was working on a PC that's not networked to my Mac, and it crashed, which happens all the time since it's Windoze 98. It was a strange crash, I was typing an e-mail and noticed tiny, almost invisible graphics artifacts appearing in the white background. The first one I thought was a "period" that I accidently typed, but I couldn't edit it out. Then others appeared, and finally small pieces disappeared from the letters themselves before the system froze hard. No biggie, my trustworthy Mac running 10.2.6 is sitting beside this POS PeeCee. It's calmly wafting out the screensaver Flurry in a beautiful sinuous wave. I hit any key, and nothing. Flurry continues. I hit other keys, I click the mouse, nothing. I don't think the system is frozen, I can hear the HD's doing something. I hit the keys to "Force Quit" any open applications, but again nothing happens even after hitting Return (just in case Force Quit is active behind Flurry). I hit the keyboard Power & Return; nothing. I hit Force Quit keys many times in succession, and for a barely noticeable instant Flurry stops.... and continues. I check the cables, they seem fine. Nothing still. I walk away for 15 minutes, and when I return, the same. I finally reach for the Power button on the computer inself, and when I press it once, a HD clatters away. I wait for it to stop. Press again, and the monitor goes out for several seconds, and returns the same, Flurry running. I press a third time, and hold it pressed, and the HD clatters some, and then power finally shuts down. Upon restart, yikes, I have a Rescued Items folder on my HD. It's my first in OS X. I have a friend with an iMac using 9.1, and he never empties his trash. He had 88 Rescued Items folders in 8 months (one every 3 days on average, and he doesn't use it daily). I remember how 9.1 was, and now I'm spoiled. Perhaps the system was doing maintenance? I've never seen a screensaver lock on, plus having Force Quit not work, or Shut Down. Norton said a certain node was a major problem and fixed it. I'm fine now. I've got to think it was cosmic rays or something. The way both the PC & the Mac had problems at the same time. I guess I'll just toss the Rescued Items, the single file says Localized.rsrc, which I doubt is important. Has anyone else ever generated a Rescued Items in OS X? DId I screw up, I thought I really tried hard to let it recover before reseting, and I didn't resort to pulling the plug. Kris Tilford
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