Bunkdiggidy
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I just got a G4 recently. It's been running well, except for a few issues I've noticed. Unfortunately I have been unable to fix them or determine what's causing them. I need some help. Yeah.
First, when I right click on the desktop (or in any folder) the finder crashes. I suspect a menu should pop up since the mouse momentarily turns into a mouse with a little black menu below it, but then all my icons disappear, and in a few seconds the finder restarts and opens up any windows I had open when the system booted up. I have a 2 button mouse. Ctrl-clicking has the same effect. If I right click on some text, I'll get the copy/paste whatever menu. Only right clicking on, well, nothing makes the finder crash. Using the standard one button mouse did not fix this.
Second, sometimes the entire system crashes and boots me back to the login menu at random intervals. Logging in starts up os x normally. Only thing I've noticed is that it happens more often when I'm doing anything at all than when I haven't touched the computer in a while (but it's done that too).
I'd greatly appreciate any help anyone can offer, or even just telling me why these happen, because I have no idea. I tried reinstalling the system software, and interestingly enough that stopped problem 2 for about two days, but it came back.
Thanks again!
First, when I right click on the desktop (or in any folder) the finder crashes. I suspect a menu should pop up since the mouse momentarily turns into a mouse with a little black menu below it, but then all my icons disappear, and in a few seconds the finder restarts and opens up any windows I had open when the system booted up. I have a 2 button mouse. Ctrl-clicking has the same effect. If I right click on some text, I'll get the copy/paste whatever menu. Only right clicking on, well, nothing makes the finder crash. Using the standard one button mouse did not fix this.
Second, sometimes the entire system crashes and boots me back to the login menu at random intervals. Logging in starts up os x normally. Only thing I've noticed is that it happens more often when I'm doing anything at all than when I haven't touched the computer in a while (but it's done that too).
I'd greatly appreciate any help anyone can offer, or even just telling me why these happen, because I have no idea. I tried reinstalling the system software, and interestingly enough that stopped problem 2 for about two days, but it came back.
Thanks again!