[G4] Beige G3 OS X Freezing

[Jay Snoke]

I also have a beige G3 @266MHz. I bumped the processor to a G4, and can only
get it up to OS X 10.2.7.  My best advice to you would be to max out the ram
(896M, IIRC??? At least go to three 256M chips), and look at how full your
hard drive is...  Keep in mind that any flavor of Unix uses the hard drive
extensively for swap space - so that could affect this.  A large drive is a
good thing.  For this system, it needs to be partitioned (IIRC) so that the
OS is in the first 4GB of the drive.


> From: s* <scart at sympatico.ca>
> Reply-To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers."
> <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:27:57 -0400
> To: "'A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers.'"
> <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: RE: [G4] Beige G3 OS X Freezing
> 
> OK, I lowered the screen res.  If I come across more low profile RAM for
> cheap, I'll pop some in.  Thanks for the advice.  Very much appreciated.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: g4-bounces at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
> [mailto:g4-bounces at listserver.themacintoshguy.com] On Behalf Of Harry
> Freeman
> Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 4:38 PM
> To: A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers.
> Subject: Re: [G4] Beige G3 OS X Freezing
> 
> Greetings ( + )!( + )
> 
> On Oct 23, 2005, at 8:18 AM, s* wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I have a beige G3 266 running OS 10.2.8 and has 256mb's of RAM.  I
>> notice that It often likes to freeze up after about an hour or so of
>> inactivity.  I have turned the power saving features off and the
>> screen saver off and it still freezes up.  Any
>> suggestions?_______________________________________________
> 
> My G3 DT does the freeze when I have the video set to high and at
> millions
> of color. Try setting to a lower resolution and use "Thousands" of
> colors.
> 
> Also more ram will help.
> 
> 
> Best Regards, /\*_*/\
> 
> Harry (*^_^*)
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