OS X being very unstable

[SatCure]

Yes you can "sleep" the Mac. If you can't afford the overnight electricity once a week you could use "MacJanitor" but you have to remember to use it.

I don't for a moment think you were sold a "lemon". I think it's just bad luck. My gut feeling is that the other poster is correct and you have a RAM fault. I think you can use 133 RAM in place of 100 RAM (if it physically fits) but not vice-versa.

I occasionally have "won't wake from sleep" problems with my G4s. It's invariably traceable to a scheduled operation that went wrong - usually to SilverKeeper trying to do a backup while the "cron" job is running. One of my G4s also seems to have a RAM problem but it's so rare that I haven't bothered to do anything about it.

If you have any external devices connected, try disconnecting and running without them. Try a different keyboard and mouse if you can.

To run a hardware check you really need the original CD or DVD disc for your specific model. Try eBay?

However, I can also recommend DiskWarrior which is great for finding and repairing many software problems.

Failing that (and assuming RAM is OK) I would copy everything important, wipe the drive, and do a complete fresh installation.

[SatCure]

Originally Posted by nixgeek

"qs"=Quicksilver (or at least that's my assumption )

Well done. Now explain "i't" (that's eye apostrophe tee)?
(Frankly it p;sses me off when people are too lazy to type accurately. Technical subjects are hard enough to follow without people making up a brand new and incomprehensible language!)

Anyway, I'm straying off-topic. I hope that the O.P. (original poster) will report back with a successful conclusion!

[sinclair_tm]

Originally Posted by SatCure

(Frankly it p;sses me off when people are too lazy to type accurately. Technical subjects are hard enough to follow without people making up a brand new and incomprehensible language!)

the truth is i did use a very common abbreviation in the mac tech world. even the "o.p." used another common one, "b&w". i'm not lazy, but efficent.

now as far as the ram, yes, pc100 and pc133 is interchangable. the ram will just run at the slower of the two speeds (133 ram will run at 100 in the 100 bus mac, and 100 ram will run at 100 in the 133 bus mac. i do it all the time.). and the truth is i'd rather swap ram then run some software because it is possible for the software to miss something, where you can't really agure with a hardware failure in 2 different systems.

[spkrman]

The PC100 won't work at 133Mhz, but the PC133 from the G4 should work fine in the Blue G3 at 100Mhz for testing. Also, check the G3 RAM labels, sometimes people use PC133 at 100 MHZ as it is sometimes cheaper than PC100.