[Cube] New (to me) Cube Locks Up

[Rick Mansfield]

Right now, I'm thinking it was the hard drive sleep issue. Fonts  
could be a problem, but on a fresh erase and install, I think it  
might be a longshot.

Although I use my MacBook most of the time, my goal is to get the  
Cube up an running as our main home desktop computer. In fact, since  
the Cube is more expandable, I am willing to replace the 2002 emac  
that has been in this position for a while.

Truth is that I've always had a bit of techno-lust for the Cube. Back  
in 2000 when they were first announced, I was teaching at a high  
school. I asked permission to provide my own computer for my  
classroom and was planning to get the Cube. Then, when the pricing  
was announced, I just felt it was too far outside my ballpark, and  
settled on a new iMac which I have long since parted with.

At the same time, I had a friend who served at a church who got the  
Cube with church budget funds. It fell into disuse about three years  
ago because of this constant locking up issue. So a few weeks ago I  
offered the church $100 and they finally accepted.

I'm excited to finally have my Cube, seven years late. I'm hoping  
that it can be a longterm project to upgrade the processor, video  
card and optical drive. That is, if the freezing/lock-up issue has  
now been resolved.

I'll put the Cube through its paces tonight as I begin transferring  
files and loading applications. But so far, no freezes in well over  
12 hours.


Rick

On Jul 19, 2007, at 11:26 AM, Bruce Carr wrote:

> Rick
> I had a problem very similar to that and from what I can figure was  
> a font
> conflict. It was many years ago so I can't remember the details.
> My two cents
> Bruce
>
>
> On 7/19/07 9:43 AM, "Rick Mansfield" <rmansfield at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, last night I started from scratch once again, completely
>> reformatting the hard drive. This time when I loaded OS X Tiger, I
>> immediately set the preferences so that the hard drive would not go
>> to sleep. It was the first thing I did after it restarted.
>>
>> The updates, including the massive 170 mb 10.4.10 installed without a
>> problem, and it's now been running almost 12 hours without a lockup.
>>
>> So I'm crossing my fingers and holding my breath that the freezing
>> issue is no more.
>>
>> The test will come tonight when I start moving over two user accounts
>> and loading other software.
>>
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>
>> On Jul 19, 2007, at 2:13 AM, Stefan wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Rick,
>>>
>>>
>>> cubes seem to have an individual life. That's my impression...
>>>
>>> I own two cubes.
>>> My first, upgraded to 1.5 GHz, max RAM and a GeForce 4MX runs
>>> without severe problems for several years now.
>>> The other, bought half a year ago, can not be updated to OS-X
>>> 10.4.X, that's my impression.
>>>
>>> Of course I looked for the firmware: it's the actual/last one.
>>> Cause I must not use OS-X with the second cube, I run it with OS 9.
>>>
>>>
>>> My ideas/theories to your problem:
>>>
>>> Test the RAM-modules. May be one of them is not compatible and
>>> after a time of usage not only the first, but also the second and
>>> third module is used. Then the cube could crash. (If changing the
>>> RAM to several slots makes a difference, it might be the reason. Or
>>> remove two modules and test them single for a while. Last idea is
>>> best one - IMHO)
>>>
>>> Non-compatibility seems to have several reasons.
>>> Under OS 9 there was a tool to test RAM. May its results have no
>>> sense for OS-X...
>>>
>>>
>>> I can't imagine the cube becomes too hot.
>>> But if you live in a hot region (Arizona in summer?), the cube is
>>> standing in the sun, the ventilation is "sub-optimal", that might
>>> be a reason. There are recommended temperatures for working with
>>> cubes too.
>>> When my fast cube's fan was defect it froze regularly. Becoming
>>> cold everything was OK again, - for a while.
>>> Tip: If you restart immediately after freezing and the cube runs
>>> after restart again for hours and hours it can't be overheating, I
>>> think.
>>>
>>>
>>> I'll go on thinking about your problem
>>> - Good luck, Rick.
>>>
>>> Stefan - from germany
>>>
>>>
>>> Yet a sentence:
>>> Cubes are very satisfying too.
>>> Excellent build quality: stainless steel interior for example
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