I am using a G4 1.25 dual. A week ago I had problems booting up. I kept getting the "finder not responding" error. I relaunched, ran disk utitlity, disk warrior, started from another drive and ran everything - nothing worked. Finally I wiped the drive and reinstalled everything. Worked fine for a week. This morning the same thing happened. I am at a loss. What do I try now? Thanks for any help.
finder not responding 10.3.9
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nixgeek
Mac of the SubGenius! :-)
Have you added any new RAM lately? It's possible that Mac OS X doesn't like the particular RAM you might have installed.
If not, then it's possible that the RAM from the factory might be failing. Did the PowerBook come with a hardware diagnostics CD? Boot from that (hold the C key after the Mac startup chime) and run the tests and see what you get. Good luck!
If not, then it's possible that the RAM from the factory might be failing. Did the PowerBook come with a hardware diagnostics CD? Boot from that (hold the C key after the Mac startup chime) and run the tests and see what you get. Good luck!
perfessor101
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First order of troubleshooting is to go to System Preferences > Accounts and create a test account. Then logout and log back in to the test account. If the Finder is working normally then the error is something in your original account. It may be a corrupted preference file (com.apple.finder.plist), interference from another application, etc.
If the problem exists in both accounts then it is something system wide. Quicktime 7.0.4 and iTunes 6.0.2 are both suspect, anti-virus software, anything from Norton, it may even be hardware related such as a flakey RAM module.
If the problem exists in both accounts then it is something system wide. Quicktime 7.0.4 and iTunes 6.0.2 are both suspect, anti-virus software, anything from Norton, it may even be hardware related such as a flakey RAM module.
nixgeek
Mac of the SubGenius! :-)
You're right. Silly me... 
So are you using stock RAM that came with the Mac or is there any new RAM that you've added since the purchase of the G4?
I would definitely follow the directions given by perfessor101. Sometimes it can be user-related, and creating a new account (preferably one that has administrative access) and logging in with it might help troubleshoot the issue.
So are you using stock RAM that came with the Mac or is there any new RAM that you've added since the purchase of the G4?
I would definitely follow the directions given by perfessor101. Sometimes it can be user-related, and creating a new account (preferably one that has administrative access) and logging in with it might help troubleshoot the issue.
Thanks for the replies. I have been out of town, so haven't tried changing the account yet. When I got back, I started up and got the same "finder not responding". Restarted and it worked fine. If it is an account thing would that happen intermittently? I am also wondering if it could actually be an account thing since I totally wiped the drive and reinstalled all software, yet still got the finder problem. Seems that when I reinstalled everything that would have taken care of any account problem. Maybe I just don't understand how that actually works.