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G4 makes sound and freezes
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mmintler
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Apr 12, 2003, 01:27 PM
 
I think my G4 800 tower is possessed. Two things bother me. First, it will start getting extremely sluggish and suddenly freeze. I cannot force quit and must restart..losing anything that I was working on. This is happening about 2 times a day. My old PPC 7500 running 8.6 freezes much less frequently.

Second, the computer randomly emits a loud "tone" for no apparent reason. It's very annoying.

If anyone has any insight I would appreciate it.

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Apr 19, 2003, 11:28 AM
 
I'd advise you to reinstall macosx. It might be some large database (I get noticeable moments of lag in itunes) or hoggy system process that is causing this also.

My system has been showing similar behavior, but it hasn't annoyed me enough yet to reinstall. I know it's not much, but maybe it will help you out.
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