Recent content by MalinH

As with many of Apple's recent products, after a few glances, iMac (2) grows on me. The more I think about it, the more I like the design when I think of it as a 'digital hub.' As for the price, well, it's comparable to the original iMac, but with a lot more punch. A relatively fast G4, AND...

I've finally cracked it... it was an issue with one or more USB peripherals. Haven't tested each piece of hardware yet, but it was either the USB hub itself, my Microtek scanner, or my HP 697c printer. Once I unplugged the hub, OS X.1 works like a charm!

I posted before about having trouble with OS X.1 freezing for 5 seconds every 10 seconds or so. CPU Monitor shows a huge system spike when this occurs. As time goes on, the periods of clear function get longer and longer, as do the freezes. I now have more info. With top -u, I have found the...

Update: I've added a 40 GB Maxtor hard drive to my system, partioned it, and installed X 10.1. I also yanked my SCSI PCI card (I had to, as the 10.0 CD refused to boot otherwise.) When I boot into this partition, the pauses are further apart. Top and CPU Monitor show huge spikes of system...

A couple more details I should have mentioned: Under OS X, I shut down Classic Environment, but the freeze continued. For peripherals, I have a 4x Que Firewire CD-R drive, A 4 port USB hub, and a Adaptec 2906 PCI->SCSI card, with a Zip drive attached. I'm going to try shutting down all...

After a seemingly smooth install of OS X.1 and 9.2.1, when I reboot in OS X, I encounter a strange repeating system freeze. I've timed it and OS X runs normally for about 15 seconds, then completely freezes for 5 seconds. Then it returns to normal, and the cycle then repeats - over and over...