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The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #15

I have had a persistent shutdown panic ever since updating to Tiger. The log file did not show a particular application to be causing the problem. The Hardware Test Disk gave my co…
MacNN Troubleshooting by John Strung

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #16

Hi John, Thanks for that tip. I had tried everything else to resolve a similar issue on my PB 1.25 and that seems to have done the trick. I'll give it a full to see for sure. Can'…
MacNN Troubleshooting by TerryJ

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #17

I am beginning to wonder if there is a general problem with the Tiger install corrupting parameters. My daughter's ibook would not recognize her CD drive after updating. I used the…
MacNN Troubleshooting by John Strung

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #18

Well, I've already had my first freeze of the day since running the open firmware procedure but it happened under a little different circumsttances. Instead of freezing with a kern…
MacNN Troubleshooting by TerryJ

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #19

I am in such deep trouble, I hope someone here can help me. I installed Tiger on my 667 G4 Powerbook (512 megs of RAM). I only had like 3 gigs of hard drive space but was still abl…
MacNN Troubleshooting by ramberk

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #20

Boot from a CD using the C key. If it won't boot from the CD, try zapping the PRAM by holding down Command-Option-P-R at startup. Then try booting from the CD again with the C key…
MacNN Troubleshooting by CharlesS

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #21

I have an iMac 800 w/ 512MB running OS 10.3.9. The last few weeks, expose will quit working, then sometime later the dock will quit. Usually I only have firefox, itunes, iphoto, …
MacNN Troubleshooting by iLikebeer

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #22

Hey everybody, Just a little update on my PB situation. After trying everything logical from a reset standpoint, I started looking at hardware. Of course memory was one of the fi…
MacNN Troubleshooting by TerryJ

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #23

Quote: Originally Posted by TerryJ Hey everybody, Just a little update on my PB situation. After trying everything logical from a reset standpoint, I started looking at hardwa…
MacNN Troubleshooting by xi_hyperon

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #24

Hi xi_hyperon, Not sure if memtest will be as thorough as AHT but it might be worth a try since you are not close to your disks right now. As I said, it took AHT quite a few loops…
MacNN Troubleshooting by TerryJ

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #25

Quote: Originally Posted by TerryJ Hi xi_hyperon, Not sure if memtest will be as thorough as AHT but it might be worth a try since you are not close to your disks right now. As…
MacNN Troubleshooting by xi_hyperon

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #26

Well, I have been running 10.4.1 on my PBG4 1.33 for almost a week now and love it. I also installed PS CS2 and it seems to work great in the new environment sans an occasional, …
MacNN Troubleshooting by Daniel Bayer

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #27

Quote: Originally Posted by Daniel Bayer Well, I have been running 10.4.1 on my PBG4 1.33 for almost a week now and love it. I also installed PS CS2 and it seems to work great …
MacNN Troubleshooting by Daniel Bayer

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #28

I was having constant kernel panics from the Tiger install DVD. I was worried that the problem might be with the DVD drive (since all prior installs were from CDs), so I put the ma…
MacNN Troubleshooting by zandacar

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #29

Hi I have a 3 month old Powerbook 1.67 MHz with 2 512 MB RAM chips and it has gotten bad in the last week. I need some help whether I can safely attribute this problem to RAM or a …
MacNN Troubleshooting by waterbuck

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #30

In the past hour I was forced to restart 4 times. A few moment before I need to restart the beachball of death appears and my desktop starts getting corrupted/dispalying junk pixel…
MacNN Troubleshooting by Pao|o

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #32

Hi, My G5 has had 3 KP's lately and they have got me really worried. I have performed Extended Apple Hardware Test and Repaired Permissions, which have found nothing, and also have…
MacNN Troubleshooting by d.fine

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #34

hi. my iMac G3, OS 9, 333mhz, 160mb freezes at least 2 times a week. It used to be once a day until i made the disk cache bigger. it is normally on IE or on another browser or som…
MacNN Troubleshooting by kick52

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #35

Hello, I recently upgraded to Tiger and now occationally have my mouse pointer freeze on me. The keyboard and applications are still functional. I am able to tab though all the …
MacNN Troubleshooting by Scott-G

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #37

I have an 800mhz, imac running 10.3.9. I have been experiencing frequent Kernel Panics, but I am having a hard time diagnosing the reason because they are not leaving panic.log fil…
MacNN Troubleshooting by dimension10

The thread for computer freezes/panics/crashes — #39

I want to add a weird fix for my continued panics for 9 months. Replaced RAM, motherboard, CPU and reloaded OSX multiple times. All under warranty. Finally I looked at what was not…
MacNN Troubleshooting by patricr
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