[sterytyper]

Hey guys, so well ive got a Power Mac G4 which works pretty good for me. But recentley, the past few days it has been crashing on me about 20+ times. I have the installation disk, and i was thinking that i should maybe re-install os x and it should fix the problem. Everytime i go on azureus and firefox together, it crashes. or just firfox/safari. But maybe there is something else i should do before? because i want to keep all my data. Maybe i have a virus on my mac or something, im not sure. But if anyone can help me out on what i can do to fix this problem, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again guys!

[seanc]

Virus? No. What type of crashes, Kernel panics (the you have to restart screen)? How much RAM do you have? What type of G4 (cpu speed, a picture perhaps)?

[iYeat]

You should also repair your disk permissions first as well. Sometimes some random logfile's permissions are incorrect which is why your computer is locking up.

• Open /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility
• Click on your HD in the left column
• Click "Repair Permissions"
• After it's done, reboot for good measure