Rorschach Bat
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Alright, so whenever I start up my mac, it goes through the whole startup process fine. It loads Finder and I can start opening menues or starting programs. Then, roughly 30-120 seconds after the startup completes, the system freezes. This is usually a result of mouse movement, but sometimes due to other circumstances, like opening programs or animating my dock. I can't tell what the problem is, and I can never get far enough into my system information to get any clues as to what is causing it. Any suggestions?
UPDATE: I've tried booting in Safe Mode but, after 15 minutes, it is still on the gray loading screen. I'm scared to forced a power down, cause I don't want to interrupt any processes that it's doing right now.
On an unrelated but relevant note, I managed to start up Activity Monitor and watched it at the exact moment my computer froze. It seems a process called "kextcache" took a majority of the memory from my system. Is this what's causing it? How can I turn this process off?
UPDATE: Alright, so a new update on this problem. I finally got my firewire cable in the mail today, so I could try to transfer all my files to another computer. Unfortunately, when I try to do so, the accessing computer freezes in the same way that mine does. I figure a full drive wipe is in order, but I want to get all of my important files off of it first.
Any suggestions?
UPDATE: I've tried booting in Safe Mode but, after 15 minutes, it is still on the gray loading screen. I'm scared to forced a power down, cause I don't want to interrupt any processes that it's doing right now.
On an unrelated but relevant note, I managed to start up Activity Monitor and watched it at the exact moment my computer froze. It seems a process called "kextcache" took a majority of the memory from my system. Is this what's causing it? How can I turn this process off?
UPDATE: Alright, so a new update on this problem. I finally got my firewire cable in the mail today, so I could try to transfer all my files to another computer. Unfortunately, when I try to do so, the accessing computer freezes in the same way that mine does. I figure a full drive wipe is in order, but I want to get all of my important files off of it first.
Any suggestions?
