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My eMac constantly freezes.
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Jul 13, 2006, 06:06 PM
 
I have an eMac 1.25 Ghz with 512mb of RAM. ATi radeon 9200 w/ 32mb vram.


It started about a month ago, but only in World of Warcraft at first. At first it only happened now and then, but then it kept happening more and more often until it will just freeze when I load up my charcter. About a week before it totally crapped out, random polygons started light up, makeing everything look like a giant disco dance floor.

But now it will freeze in other programs too (no disco). I've stopped playing WoW because I can't anymore. So I mostly just browse the web. It will freeze tons of times a day just doing that. And when it freezes and something is moving (like the dock, or I'm scrolling) it get's all pixelated and streaky.

And I don't know if it helps, but sometimes when it froze I was still able to talk on Ventrilo with my guildmates, although I couldn't exit WoW. But now it usually won't let me talk back, or the audio will just skip.

Any and all help is appreciated.


P. S. I tried Repairing Permissions but that didn't help. =(
     
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Jul 14, 2006, 12:01 PM
 
     
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Jul 14, 2006, 02:50 PM
 
Yay! My mac's serial # falls within that range. Thanks for the heads-up. I hope that's the problem.
     
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You're welcome. Good luck.
     
   
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