[P1] iBook newbie...

[david]

On Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at 12:10  PM, Fran wrote:

> Norman Milsner wrote:
>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I recently subscribed to this list after being on several of the 
>>> other LEM lists because I went out and got myself an iBook 
>>> 600MHz/20/128/CD I've had this for about 3 weeks and have already 
>>> had to reinstall OS 10.2.4 three times and used the restore software 
>>> to reinstall OS 9.2.2. This machine seems to like to freeze up alot. 
>>> One of the reintalls of OS 10  was because it would not boot back 
>>> into OS 10 after using OS 9 for about a half an hour. I am thinking 
>>> that I should invest in more RAM but am waiting until I can afford 
>>> to get the 512 DIMM. In OS 10 is there a way to allocate more memory 
>>> to a particular program like in earlier OSs?
>>> Thanks for any help,
>>> Fran
>>>
>>>
>> Sorry to hear about your problems..
>>
>> There is no way to increase memory in OSX as it is automatic.  If you 
>> haven't done anything of importance (that you want to save), you 
>> might initialize the disk and  and reinstall your software, start 
>> with OS 9 and then OS x.  I have the same computer and have had NO 
>> problems, we went to 385 mgs ram (added 256).
>>
>> Norm_M
>>
>> ----------
>
> Thanks Norm....I appreciate the quick reply. Thanks for the info about 
> the inability to increase program memory, that in itself was a big 
> help ;-) Unfortunately, I had already moved most of my important stuff 
> from my PM7300/upgraded to G3 400 onto the iBook when I brought it 
> home...so, I've already lost most everything. Alot of it I can 
> retrieve again from the net so it's not too great a loss. BTW: can 
> deleting portions of an OS cause problems? I always download Netscape 
> and then remove Internet Explorer in order to get M$ free. Any idea 
> why they put IE into the OS?
>
Fran - this isn’t normal behavior for an iBook and it sounds to me as 
if you have a hardware problem. Even with stock 128mb the machine 
shouldn’t be unstable, just slow. You certainly shouldn’t remove 
anything from the System or Library folder (the library at the root 
level - where the System folder is) but you can certainly remove 
anything you want from the Application folder. (Remove, but don’t move 
- we’ll get into that later)

Here is a quick test I use to determine if I want to call AppleCare or 
spend some time looking over the machine myself. First, run DiskFirst 
Aid (boot from the OS X disk to do so) and also repair permissions. 
Restart and create a new user account. Log into that account and 
configure it for internet (or configure the printer and start up 
AppleWorks). Use the computer for a while and see if it does anything 
flaky. If so call Apple.

If not, log into the normal user account and use the computer as normal 
for a while - but avoid Classic since you have a minimal amount of 
memory. If the computer acts flaky then I’d suspect something is going 
on with your prefs or perhaps you’ve installed a program that is 
causing some trouble. Move back to the other user account and use it 
for a while. If the computer continues to be well behaved, move here 
permanently. If not, call Apple.

This is an abbreviated version of my troubleshooting style.

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David


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uniformity is most easily achieved by lowering all standards.
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David