If there is added RAM - remove it and see if the problem stops. also, make sure your drive is not full. On Jan 17, 2007, at 2:25 PM, Rebecca Hoffman wrote: > I have a G3 800GHz iBook running OS10.3.9. > > It's been freezing; it stops responding to the tracpad or keyboard > commands and I have to shut the computer down manually and reboot. > This always happens when I set it down and walk away from it, even > for a few minutes. It has never happened while I was actively > working on anything. It has done this periodically for some time, > but the problem is becoming more frequent. > > When this happened in the past I would run the Disk Utility on my > install disks and then run Cocktail. After that it would run just > fine and I would have no problem with it for weeks. > > It froze today; I ran Disk Utility and Cocktail and a few minutes > later, it froze again. > > Is this a sign (from the great beyond or somewhere else) that I > need to get a new computer? > > Rebecca > cold with fear in Portland > > _______________________________________________ > iBook mailing list > iBook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/ibook > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 Russ Gorman Photography Portland Oregon <http://www.russgormanphotography.com>