Re: crash and freeze with panther

In article <Y6fdf.12345$oP5.726@xxxxxxxx>, Charlie <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> In recent weeks I've had a number of problems with my dual G4 1.25mhz
> (FW800) running 10.3.9 where it either does not wake up from sleep and I
> have to shut down (no reset button on these models) or it gives me this
> announcement that I must restart or it just freezes (the first time I've
> seen a freeze in OSX, I thought this was an OS9 phenomenon)...
>
> I did install more RAM before the onset of these problems BUT apple's
> hardware test and tech tools pro both tell me the RAM is good. Also at
> about the same time, maybe a week or so before I installed the RAM, I
> had some unexplained power down overnight and when I restarted the
> computer, the router/internet connection needed to be reset, and I don't
> know whether other things may have been affected.
>
> I haven't had sleep/crash problems on a regular basis prior to these
> events. It may have given me a cause to reboot every few months, but now
> it's like 3 times a week.
>
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Sorry, I have no ideas how to fix the problem, but despite what Apple
like to claim, ANY computer can freeze up no matter what OS it's
running. With Mac OS X most freezes will be hardware related rather
than software related, but not all of them.

There is no reset button on the new Macs, but you can hold down the
power button for a couple of seconds to turn it off, wait a few seconds
and then push it again to restart the Mac.

Helpful Harry
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