[X Newbies] Crashing of text editor?

[Vincent Cayenne]

At 12:59 PM -0500 3/28/04, J wrote:
>OS X has been crashing a lot lately even though I run several 
>routines. It just fills up and can't take it anymore I guess. Time 
>for another RAM stick.....

How much RAM does the machine have? Was it delivered with this RAM installed?

Exactly what is connected to this machine? Please list *all* devices 
on *all* ports.

You say: "I run several routines" - What exactly are these "routines"?

How much free space is there on the hard drive/s?

Are there *any* "Norton" products installed on the machine?

What version of the OS are you running?

For that matter, what are the particulars of the machine in question?

Have you, as part of your trouble-shooting:
    1) done a Safe Boot?
    2) run Repair Permissions from the boot disk?
    3) tried use of a "virgin" account?
    4) reset PRAM?

Are you using any "haxies" - 3rd party software that is dependent on 
Unsanity's Application Enhancer (APE)?

Are you using a USB hub? If so, which?

Are you using an iSight?

When you say "OS X has been crashing a lot lately", are you referring 
to kernel panics, where the entire machine locks up with the 
multi-language reboot message? Or are individual applications 
freezing? Or some other phenomenon?

Which apps has this happened with?

What trouble-shooting have you done thus far?

Do you have the current Disk Warrior on a bootable CD?
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