[iBook] Freezing and Sleeping problems

[david]

On 11/3/04 10:11 AM, "Charles Pearce" <charlesp at ksu.edu> wrote:

> 
> On Nov 3, 2004, at 8:56 AM, David Binnion wrote:
> 
>> On 11/3/04 9:07 AM, "Eric Richardson" <lbyron at comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Now, with 10.1, the internet worked, but when I tried to upgrade to
>>> Jag, it would stop during the installation with multiple problems. I
>>> erased the disk and reinstalled a couple of times with similar
>>> results. Before reinstalling I tried repairing the disks with disk
>>> utility and DiskWarrior, but the first couple of times it didn't work
>>> and could not complete the repair.
>> 
>> Jag (and Panther) are more picky about RAM than 10.1 was. My bet is if
>> you
>> remove the RAM upgrade you'll be able to upgrade to Jag and use the
>> computer. That will be your proof that your current RAM upgrade isn't
>> Jaguar
>> safe. We saw this problem a lot at Jag and Panther upgrade times
> 
> And, I read someplace, that once the upgrade has been done, the flaky
> RAM can be put back in. That sounds iffy to me, but it's an untested
> (at least by me) theory. I think I would be interested in hearing
> whether it does work as we have several older blue and white G3s around
> here that aren't being used because of flaky RAM and Panther upgrades.
> I just haven't had the time to blow the dust off these things and see
> if that does the trick.
> 
Yes, I decided not to mention this because we found in the Jag upgrade cycle
that most of the people who did put the RAM back experienced more
intermittent problems that went away when they upgraded.

(At the community college we held Jaguar and Panther upgrade parties. I'm
guessing we'll do it with Tiger too. People brought their computers and
upgrade disk and took advantage of the experience and diagnostic tools of
experts. We also had a few door prizes. Both events added many new members
to our user group)