Need some ideas folks.
I've been running a G4 AGP 450 (20GB SCSI drive) for a few years without problems. About 6 months ago, I started getting corrupt files. When I transfer digital photos from my camera, some files would come across with wierd hues. Graphics Converter or Photoshop would tell me the files are corrupt possibly due to SCSI cables or termination problems. Then I started having problems running Thoth on newsgroups. Occasionally, temp files would be declared "corrupt" as it attempts to decode them. Rosetta gives the same error. Its gotten worse lately.
I figured it may be the drive going south on me so I picked up a new firewire 200GB drive last week. I formatted (the firewire drive) with 10.2 but 1) I get failed installations (computer hangs up) and 2) when the installer finishes installing, using certain components of the virgin system (say Sound or Energy Saver) will freeze up the computer or get no response. Apple's updators won't update my systems past 10.2! (I can understand my older machine not being able to use 10.2.6, but I've BEEN running 10.2.4!)
Diskwarrior 3.0 will occasionally find and fix disk problems.
Any ideas?
I've tried going to tape but Retrospect would die on me after backing up about 15 of the 18GB data. Even trying to back up directly to a file on my new drive will give errors. I can't use InDesign or Photoshop reliably without it crashing. WTF?!
Could I have a bad SCSI controller card?
I'll try replacing the cables next but welcome any other ideas.
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