[G4] Spinning Beach Ball for Everything - HELP ! ! !

[Al Poulin]

Two clues point to the battery, the date/time flip and the age of the  
machine.

Al Poulin

On Sep 17, 2008, at 1:51 PM, J.R.Rosen wrote:
> GOOD AFTERNOON LISTERS !
>
> I have a G4-1gHz-MP (2002 Quicksilver), running 10.4.11 (8S165) with  
> 1.5GB RAM.  I performed the security updates last week, along with  
> the iTunes 8.0 update so I could load the latest iPhone software  
> update.
>
> All was great until this morning... for no certain reason everything  
> came to a screeching halt when everything I clicked on turned into a  
> beach ball!  The beach balls are spinning from 15 seconds up to   
> minute - this is very frustrating!  Just scrolling down an email  
> causes a beach ball!
>
> I am in Houston where we just finished with a hurricane, and our DSL  
> is kind-of "iffy" right now.  I unplugged the computer and moved it  
> to high-ground during the storm, and there was no damage  
> whatsoever.  When I plugged it back in on Monday (9/15), it told me  
> that the date/time was not correct, but it performed very well up  
> until today (9/17).  I do not turn-off the computer, I just log-out  
> in the evenings.  Yes, it's on a surge-protector.
>
> I have restarted into single user mode and run Applejack - all OK.   
> Then no changes, so I went into single user mode and just ran a  
> "fsck -f"... once again A-OK!
>
> Pulled up Activity Monitor... "kernel_task" is the memory-hog @  
> 109.41mb of "real" memory and 1.05gb of "virtual" memory.  I did a  
> google-search for kernel_task and got a "geek-report" that actually  
> said nothing in layman's terms.
>
> Could this be a battery problem?  If not, any ideas would be  
> appreciated.
>
> Please help... I'm pulling out my hair at an alarming rate... this  
> is very frustrating!
>
> THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP ! ! !
>
> J. R. Rosen
> Armadillo Press-Printing & Graphics
> 305 Wells Fargo Dr., Suite 4
> Houston, TX 77090
> 281-586-9383 (phone)
> 281-586-9876 (fax)
> 281-467-5366 (cell)
> jrosen82 at sbcglobal.net
> dilloman at armadillo-press.com
> www.armadillo-press.com
>
>
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