mattrstewart
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ok...i am going crazy now as lately every mac i have is going a-wall. I wanted to group all of these problems here as it all seems to have started happening since I bought a new wireless router (Linksys WRT350N). I don't think this could cause the below problems, but thoght maybe its possible, and wanted your opinions on what I can do to fix this chaotic situation.
iMac
(2GHZ Intel Core Duo)
Problem #1 - Recently I noticed that every time I reboot the computer, my dock loses its settings and becomes the large size that its at after a fresh install. The first time this happened, all of the icons on dock were also reset to the standard ones that appear after fresh install. Recently however the icons will remain how i had them, but the dock will still become super big again.
Problem #2 - When I booted up the computer Today, found that my network ports have added a "Bluetooth PAN" port. I tried to delete this port, but it wont delete, instead only changes the name to "Ethernet Adaptor (en2)". I have never seen this before, nor have I installed any adaptor or secondary ethernet card.
Problem #3 - A few times now my network settings have been altered after restarting computer. For example, Today I came home from work and started up the computer and found my menu bar had the icon for "PPPoE", which should not be there and I found this odd as I dont connect via PPPoE. So I clicked on system prefs and then network...and found that the location had been changed. Not only was it changed, but a new location was created called "modem", which is also odd, as I dont have a dial-up modem in this imac. In addition to that, my Appletalk was activated and TCP/IP settings altered.
Powerbook
(1.67GHz G4 PPC)
Problem #1 - I started another thread on this problem, but it seems not to be solved yet. Somehow my network is being interrupted, and gets disconnected on these 2 powerbooks. The network will work fine on other computers (both wired and wireless) but the powerbooks connections will drop and be unable to connect again for several hours at a time, even if the settings are correct (i.e. password, network name, etc). Then...miraculously after some time, without changing any settings, they will connect again and work like a charm. This happens at least once a day, if not twice.
MacBook Pro
(2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo)
Problem #1 - Something is causing the Macbook Pro to lock up. The screen will just stop what its doing as it is...and the keyboard will stop working. The trackpad will go crazy (goes through a cycle of not working, then being supersensitive, then not working, then inverted movements, then not working, and so on). I have tried leaving this for several hours...and it just stays like that until a hard shutdown. This happens randomly it seems (sometimes every few minutes, sometimes once a day, sometimes immediately after start-up, other times after hours of use).
- note, I have given my Macbook Pro to the apple care center here in HK, and after 2 weeks they have returned it to me saying there is no problem they can find, and so nothing to fix. But it still has this problem when I get home with it.
iMac
(2GHZ Intel Core Duo)
Problem #1 - Recently I noticed that every time I reboot the computer, my dock loses its settings and becomes the large size that its at after a fresh install. The first time this happened, all of the icons on dock were also reset to the standard ones that appear after fresh install. Recently however the icons will remain how i had them, but the dock will still become super big again.
Problem #2 - When I booted up the computer Today, found that my network ports have added a "Bluetooth PAN" port. I tried to delete this port, but it wont delete, instead only changes the name to "Ethernet Adaptor (en2)". I have never seen this before, nor have I installed any adaptor or secondary ethernet card.
Problem #3 - A few times now my network settings have been altered after restarting computer. For example, Today I came home from work and started up the computer and found my menu bar had the icon for "PPPoE", which should not be there and I found this odd as I dont connect via PPPoE. So I clicked on system prefs and then network...and found that the location had been changed. Not only was it changed, but a new location was created called "modem", which is also odd, as I dont have a dial-up modem in this imac. In addition to that, my Appletalk was activated and TCP/IP settings altered.
Powerbook
(1.67GHz G4 PPC)
Problem #1 - I started another thread on this problem, but it seems not to be solved yet. Somehow my network is being interrupted, and gets disconnected on these 2 powerbooks. The network will work fine on other computers (both wired and wireless) but the powerbooks connections will drop and be unable to connect again for several hours at a time, even if the settings are correct (i.e. password, network name, etc). Then...miraculously after some time, without changing any settings, they will connect again and work like a charm. This happens at least once a day, if not twice.
MacBook Pro
(2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo)
Problem #1 - Something is causing the Macbook Pro to lock up. The screen will just stop what its doing as it is...and the keyboard will stop working. The trackpad will go crazy (goes through a cycle of not working, then being supersensitive, then not working, then inverted movements, then not working, and so on). I have tried leaving this for several hours...and it just stays like that until a hard shutdown. This happens randomly it seems (sometimes every few minutes, sometimes once a day, sometimes immediately after start-up, other times after hours of use).
- note, I have given my Macbook Pro to the apple care center here in HK, and after 2 weeks they have returned it to me saying there is no problem they can find, and so nothing to fix. But it still has this problem when I get home with it.
