Vladimir James wrote:
Suddenly, some applications will no longer open - Safari, Disc Utility,
System Profiler, Intego VirusBarrier X, uCalendar, TinkerTools. Similar
syptoms - the eternal pinwheel, but no new window or other execution.
App appears in dock with message "Application Not Responding", which
necessitates a forced quit.
Other apps working okay - Internet Connect, GraphicConverter, PowerMail,
FireFox, YASU. Was able to repair permissions once with Disc Utility, but
subsequent attempts only got the pinwheel. Repaired permissions with
YASU. Rebuilt the directory twice with DiskWarrior. It always finds
something to repair, but it was unable to rectify the problem. Trashed
some preferences, but no good done.
Can't account for the sudden failures - no outages, no new software.
Noticed the odd, unexpected flicker/flash on restarts. Running a G4/800,
512RAM, OSX 3.8. 80GB HD half full; 120GB external FireWire HD.
Anyone have any clues or suggestions?
Stab in the dark 1: failing hard disk.
Stab in the dark 2: failing RAM.
The higher the number the less likely the stab in the dark:)
Good luck
Paul
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