QuadPusher
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I'll start with a brief history.
I'm running OS 10.3.9 on a Quicksilver 2002 - originally a 933mhz. Two and a half months ago (Thanksgiving weekend) I upgraded several bits of hardware in my system to keep up with my needs (I'm a graphic designer and have been doing more and more 3D work). I added more RAM - I'm now up to 1.5GB, I upgraded the processor to a Sonnet Encore ST G4 1.8ghz, I upgraded the video card to an ATI Radeon 9800 pro, and I added a Micronet 120GB Fantom Titanium external FireWire hard drive. All necessary drivers were installed and I've since made sure than no updates have been released. All in all my system has run smoothly, and been much snappier with shorter boot times, quicker load times for apps, and quicker render times in Strata, Lightwave, and Vue.
Two weeks ago I noticed that my boot times and load times had slowed down to something comparable to what they were before the upgrades. Also around that time two games unexpectedly quit durring gameplay. I wasn't too concerned since they were only games, and I rarely play them anyway. A few days later I started to have them in other applications when I execute certain commands, but again it was a minor annoyance and I had found work arounds. And then a few days ago I started to get them in QuickTime Pro (7.0.2) whenever I used the mouse to click on the fast forward button... and last night I got one in Suitcase XI and in TechTool 4. I checked my logs and each and everyone of these quits has been a "Kern_Protection_Failure"
I've done some troubleshooting, but I still have more to do (such as check for corrupted prefs, use something other than TechTool to check the memory (even though TT says the memory and processor pass its tests, and I need to disconnect all FireWire peripherals to see it may be related to that, as well as finish removing Norton products), but my question at this point is this: If this is related to my new hardware would it take almost 2.5 months to occur? Wouldn't hardware related issues pop up much sooner - especially since I use the computer anywhere from 6 to 10 hours a day (sometimes longer for larger renders)? With the exception of the games the majority of the actions that have caused an unexpected quit have been an action or command I've done on a daily basis.
I'm running OS 10.3.9 on a Quicksilver 2002 - originally a 933mhz. Two and a half months ago (Thanksgiving weekend) I upgraded several bits of hardware in my system to keep up with my needs (I'm a graphic designer and have been doing more and more 3D work). I added more RAM - I'm now up to 1.5GB, I upgraded the processor to a Sonnet Encore ST G4 1.8ghz, I upgraded the video card to an ATI Radeon 9800 pro, and I added a Micronet 120GB Fantom Titanium external FireWire hard drive. All necessary drivers were installed and I've since made sure than no updates have been released. All in all my system has run smoothly, and been much snappier with shorter boot times, quicker load times for apps, and quicker render times in Strata, Lightwave, and Vue.
Two weeks ago I noticed that my boot times and load times had slowed down to something comparable to what they were before the upgrades. Also around that time two games unexpectedly quit durring gameplay. I wasn't too concerned since they were only games, and I rarely play them anyway. A few days later I started to have them in other applications when I execute certain commands, but again it was a minor annoyance and I had found work arounds. And then a few days ago I started to get them in QuickTime Pro (7.0.2) whenever I used the mouse to click on the fast forward button... and last night I got one in Suitcase XI and in TechTool 4. I checked my logs and each and everyone of these quits has been a "Kern_Protection_Failure"
I've done some troubleshooting, but I still have more to do (such as check for corrupted prefs, use something other than TechTool to check the memory (even though TT says the memory and processor pass its tests, and I need to disconnect all FireWire peripherals to see it may be related to that, as well as finish removing Norton products), but my question at this point is this: If this is related to my new hardware would it take almost 2.5 months to occur? Wouldn't hardware related issues pop up much sooner - especially since I use the computer anywhere from 6 to 10 hours a day (sometimes longer for larger renders)? With the exception of the games the majority of the actions that have caused an unexpected quit have been an action or command I've done on a daily basis.
) and ran OnyX. My boot time has increased and is back to where it was after my upgrades. ...I can't comment on application start times just yet because I think I was a little over-zealous when I ran OnyX... most of my applications think they're running for the first time, so they're taking a little longer to open.