I removed the memory module and started up on the built in memory (64 megs I think?) and the processor % was still pegged into the 90's. I posted this on the Hardware and Unix list. I have a 12" white iBook 500 MHz (64 +256 Meg Ram) which runs fine under 9.2.2 but runs 5 TIMES slower under MacOS 10.2.2. The firewire port is broken and does not function in either system. Here is my question: Is there a process under OSX that is constantly looking at the port and trying to make it work. This would busy the system and make it run very slow? If this is the case it should be possible to turn off the firewire port daemon. Releasing the sytstem from an endless process. I have reinstalled X three times now on it own 6 gig partition. Before the port failure X seemed to run normal. PS- I have run the hardware diagnostics and MacTest Pro and everything passes as just fine. The only way I know the firewire port is broken is because it does not work at all under either system. Any ideas?????? >On Friday, December 13, 2002, at 07:29 PM, Larry Blodgett wrote: > >>Installed on 7 gig partition. It is the first partition. > >Again, memory problems here, but I recall reading that it had to be >in the first 8 Gigs but then that might have been Wallstreet... -- Larry Blodgett Email: blodgett at telocity.com Email: lblodgett at mac.com --- Linux, Windows, MS-DOS - also known as the Good, the Bad and the Ugly ---"Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither." -B. Franklin