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Matt Churchill · Jan 15, 2007, 08:28 AM

Hi, I've got a 14" 1.33Ghz G4 with 256RAM installed. Recently it has started playing up giving me messages saying the the OS X startup disk is full. I have cleared out a load of pictures and there is now plenty of space on the hard-drive, but, looking at activity monitor the RAM is getting very low.

It has also started locking up on occasion, sometimes it asks me to force-quit applications and it starts up really slowly.

From looking at the Activity Monitor now, I have around 4mb free and around 96mb inactive and I only have the monitor and safari open.

Whilst I do not mind too much having to put more RAM in, I do not understand why it has only recently started becoming an issue and whether there are any other steps I can take to improve things. I've not loaded any new software on.

Any help greatly appreciated as I am confused to say the least!

Hi I'm Ben · Jan 15, 2007, 01:24 PM

How much space do you have available on your hard drive now that you deem "Plenty." Also What version of Mac OS X are you currently running?

And of course like everyone else will tell you... 256 isn't enough.

Matt Churchill · Jan 15, 2007, 01:40 PM

Version 10.4.8, not too sure about the exact answer on hard drive as I cannot get the thing to boot up now! Around 20gb plus though I seem to remember.

Hi I'm Ben · Jan 15, 2007, 04:11 PM

Are you receiving an Error when you attempt to boot?

Matt Churchill · Jan 16, 2007, 02:08 AM

No, just the Apple symbol and the whirling icon.

Dr. DDS · Jan 16, 2007, 08:24 AM

i read i this forum that sometimes reseting the PRam helps...