On Monday, December 15, 2003, at 10:55 PM, Kim Gammelgaard wrote: > Have you updated to 10.2.8 or considered going to 10.3.1? > > Kim > > On 16/12/03 4:05, "Steve Wassenich" <wassenis at gemair.com> wrote: > >> List newbie here with a problem. I've about had it with the so-called >> "modem" on my iBook 700. It has caused kernel panics requiring >> shutdown and re-starts, drops connections unpredictably and often, and >> sometimes refuses to disconnect. Actually, it does disconnect from >> the >> telephone line, but it keeps running the "Disconnecting" message on >> the >> menubar which won't stop even if I log out and back on as another >> user. >> Only restarting works, and that takes awhile. A multi-tasking OS >> (10.2, BTW) shouldn't be taken down by something this stupid, but this >> one is. >> >> Other than this annoyance, I love the computer. Help! >> >> Steve W. Hi: Yes, try updating to OS X 10.2.8. My 700 Mhz iBook purrs along nicely with it. David