I haven't had that issue for a while, but when I did it was because I was using inexpensive RAM. I would put a 256MB stick in and it would only register as 196MB or 128MB. I would put that same RAM in my PC and it worked fine. I think that the Mac may be a little pickier about what you put in...
One other thing that you can use to test is the diagnostic CD that I thought came with all the Powerbooks. You can run a series of tests on the RAM and on the hard drive.
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Software...There is plenty of it available and what to use is just a matter of opinion. For video I shelled out the $29.99 for Quicktime Pro. I still feel like it's a worthwhile investment. Grabbing video that was just watched or...
I don't know if this fix will correct your problem, but it did mine for the open save dialog boxes. Everytime that I had the problem and went into Activity Viewer I had problems getting into Activity Viewer to view or quit processes. I finally put up with the delay and quit a couple of the...
Currently the system is doing fine. It really is an intermitent problem more so of a problem. I'm starting to lean toward the fact that it may have something to do with the mirror agent that iDisk uses to keep a local copy synched up. When the problem does occur I noticed earlier today that...
I have the same problem with 10.3.2 on a Powerbook 12" Superdrive with 768MB of RAM. I thought it was because I chose to just upgrade from 10.2.8(which I had no problems with) to 10.3. I reinstalled using a format and install 10.3 and I am still having the same problem. I've repaired...