thanks, but no, i'm only using about 1/10 of my memory jackie f. From: Richard Gilmore <rgilmor at uwo.ca> Subject: Re: [X4U] cause of kernel panics? To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user." <x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <BE5CA929.1DAE%rgilmor at uwo.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I had a kernal panic on my laptop with a 40 GB drive that had about 500 MB of space left on it. I'm assuming low HD space can also cause them? > From: "Randy B.Singer" <randy at macattorney.com> > Reply-To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user." > <x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> > Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:45:01 -0800 > To: J Flenner <varney at mindspring.com>, <x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> > Subject: Re: [X4U] cause of kernel panics? > > J Flenner said: > >> At least, I think they're kernel panics: a box that orders me in 4 languages >> to shutdown and grays my screen over wherever I was when it happened. >