[Ti] New subscriber with some questions

[Thomas Fulton]

>> I had similar things happen on my aIbook a year ago and found that 
>> both non apple RAM chips had problems.
>> Lost a bunch of information. The hard drive just lost track of the 
>> info and corrupted alot of other stuff.
>> Apple replaced my RAM with some from Simple Technology and warranteed 
>> it under my Apple Care Agreement.
>> They make all kinds of replacement RAM chips.
>> Good thing you had your stuff backed up.
>> It would be a good idea if you backed up everything of value and 
>> reinitialized the hard drive and reloaded the system software.
>> There is no telling how many problems that the bad RAM may have 
>> caused.
>>
>> Tom

On Apr 9, 2006, at 6:53 PM, Carole Franklin wrote:

> Hi Everyone:
>
> I am a new subscriber to this group. I have a 867 MHz Titanium 
> Powerbook
> that I bought just when the new aluminum ones came out. I love it. 
> It's the
> best Mac I have had. I bought one of the first Macs, the 128K RAM one, 
> in
> 1984 when I was in college and have had Macs ever since.  I have a 
> couple of
> questions for you.
>
> I was out of town for quite some time over Christmas. When I got home 
> and
> tried to open my Entourage email, I found that all my messages and 
> mailboxes
> had disappeared. No one used my computer when I was gone. I discovered 
> that
> my Main Identity had been erased. I had a back up fortunately and 
> replaced
> it.
>
> I found a copy of Microsoft Office in my trash. Do you have any idea 
> about
> what could have happened? When I asked an Apple tech at the "Genius 
> Bar" in
> Houston (where I live), he had no suggestions. He said he had never 
> heard of
> such a thing.
>
> Also I have just had a 256 Ram chip go bad--second party. I had it 
> installed
> by PowerMax form whom I bought the computer. The same genius told me 
> that
> they couldn't replace it with Apple chips because they aren't 
> available for
> this computer any more. So what would you guys suggest I get instead, 
> and
> form whom?
>
> I am experiencing very slow loading of programs and restarting when I 
> open
> the lid after the machine has been idle for bit. I am also having to 
> force
> quit programs a lot and recently when I restart, I get a message that
> programs that I am trying to quit have unexpectedly quit. Would these 
> things
> be because of lack of memory?
>
> Please answer reasonably simply. I don't understand the technical 
> stuff you
> guys have been arguing over in the last few digests (-: I mean what is
> firmware for goodness sakes?!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carole
>
>
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