[G4] Wireless SMB folder copy locks Finder and System

[Daniel Brieck Jr.]

When I copy files from my Power Mac g4 to a Dell Inspiron 8200 Laptop 
on my wireless network, the Macs finder stops responding and spirals to 
an unresponsive system.

Here is what generally happens you drag and drop a folder from the Mac 
and copy it to the PC , it starts transferring and while copying at 
some point the system seemingly looses connection with the laptop, 
because the transfer stops progressing. No spinning cursor yet, but 
data has stopped progressing. Clicking stop does nothing and trying to 
access anything else in the finder causes a spinning cursor. Also a 
thing to note is that I have the Activity Monitor running and hidden at 
the start of the computer and the CPU usage is displayed in the Dock by 
the Activity Monitor icon. When the spinning cursor starts spinning and 
I lose control over the Finder the Activity monitor also halts in 
place. Other Dock items will continue running such as Memory Monitor 
app and other running apps such as Mail are still available. The dock 
is still functional just the finder and Activity Monitor have stopped 
responding. Neither the Finder nor the Activity Monitor can be given 
the commands to Force Quit or kill them. The computer can’t be 
restarted or shut down but can be put to sleep. The only way to get out 
of the problems is to press the hard reset button on the computer. This 
problem only occurs when transferring the folder wirelessly. If the 
computer is plugged in hard wire it works with no problems. Any ideas, 
seems like a new 10.3.9 issue…


Power Mac G4 500; Mac OS X (10.3.9)


Dan Brieck Jr.