[X4U] cause of kernel panics?

[Paul Moortgat]

Filling one HD up to 80% should be the maximum recommend.  A friend had 
93% and his iMac slowed really down.

Paul Moortgat

On 16 Mar 2005, at 19:33, J Flenner wrote:

>
> Finally a verdict--bad RAM. They replaced it. I & they don't know why 
> they
> cldn't replicate it more often--I got it right away at the shop this 
> a.m., then
> spent a couple hrs browsing w/o & then w/ a replacement, to make sure 
> it
> wasn't the Apple-factory RAM.
>
> They use "Lifetime" brand, btw--any comments about it?
>
> So sorry, Keith Whaley (& all)--I have 70.5 GB available on my 
> harddrive--
> I ve used 6.7GB--i'm dippy-tired from trying to get my work done on a 
> friend's
> computer, w/o my bookmarks, address bk, etc.
>
> Thanks again for all your help!
>
> Jackie F.
> varney at mindspring.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Whaley <keith_w at dslextreme.com>
>
> J Flenner wrote:
>> thanks, but no, i'm only using about 1/10 of my memory
>>
>> jackie f.
>
> No, no... not "memory." That uses RAM chips.
> They're talking about how much room there is left on your hard drive.
> It's storage space. That is not the same as RAM.
>
> If you have a 40 Gb hard drive, and you've only 500 Mb left available
> for use, you are already using up 98 �% of the available space.  
> That is
> not nearly enough for standard operations on your computer.
> That is likely the source of your kernel panics!
>
> keith whaley