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Well, it looks like I finally fixed this issue. ... 97,860 Views / 815 Replies  
Well, it looks like I finally fixed this issue.

Turns out the problem was my main harddisk suffering from the dreaded "click of death".

Here is how I put a finger on the problem: I used the...
Posted by mbi, on Sep 27, 2004 at 01:28 PM, in macOS
Bluetooth: yes, Wifi: nope. 97,860 Views / 815 Replies  
Bluetooth: yes, Wifi: nope.
Posted by mbi, on Sep 23, 2004 at 03:55 AM, in macOS
Ditto here, same tool, same procedure, keeps the... 97,860 Views / 815 Replies  
Ditto here, same tool, same procedure, keeps the freezes away for some time.

(Takes more like 4 hours to run the optimization routine on my 80 Gig drive, though)
Posted by mbi, on Sep 10, 2004 at 02:49 AM, in macOS
http://www.satiricpress.com/sp/archive/2003-09-01/... 27,745 Views / 501 Replies  
http://www.satiricpress.com/sp/archive/2003-09-01/img_soapbox5.jpg

Next: All your base
Posted by mbi, on Sep 3, 2004 at 06:38 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Tiger 97,860 Views / 815 Replies  
It'd be interesting to see if someone with access to a preview version of OS X 10.4 Tiger still experiences these freezes on a machine freezing under Panther...
Posted by mbi, on Aug 22, 2004 at 09:10 AM, in macOS
http://www.lesjones.com/www/images/posts/wheelpuzz... 27,745 Views / 501 Replies  
http://www.lesjones.com/www/images/posts/wheelpuzzle.jpg

Next: and god said
Posted by mbi, on Aug 21, 2004 at 09:45 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Your search - yakittyak - did not match any... 27,745 Views / 501 Replies  
Your search - yakittyak - did not match any documents.
Posted by mbi, on Aug 19, 2004 at 06:42 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Scroll back this thread a little bit and you will... 97,860 Views / 815 Replies  
Scroll back this thread a little bit and you will read of people wiping their system and reinstalling Panther and getting freezes during the install process itself.

... which scares the hell out...
Posted by mbi, on Aug 19, 2004 at 03:22 AM, in macOS
http://users.drew.edu/hgo/webart/nipple.jpg ... 27,745 Views / 501 Replies  
http://users.drew.edu/hgo/webart/nipple.jpg

next think different
Posted by mbi, on Aug 17, 2004 at 03:08 PM, in MacNN Lounge
http://logo.cafepress.com/7/414403.129677.jpg ... 27,745 Views / 501 Replies  
http://logo.cafepress.com/7/414403.129677.jpg
hallelujah
Posted by mbi, on Aug 17, 2004 at 09:00 AM, in MacNN Lounge
http://chuckgreatrex.com/rooster.JPG next:... 27,745 Views / 501 Replies  
http://chuckgreatrex.com/rooster.JPG

next: god saved me
Posted by mbi, on Aug 17, 2004 at 07:47 AM, in MacNN Lounge
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http://www.contortionhomepage.com/meribeth/V352t.jpg

Next: homeland security
Posted by mbi, on Aug 16, 2004 at 01:54 PM, in MacNN Lounge
http://www.livingtech.net/juggling/j-pics/mom.jpg... 27,745 Views / 501 Replies  
http://www.livingtech.net/juggling/j-pics/mom.jpg

Next: radioactive
Posted by mbi, on Aug 15, 2004 at 11:46 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Yes, but it's only a temporary solution. The... 97,860 Views / 815 Replies  
Yes, but it's only a temporary solution. The freezes eventually start again.

I'm currently defragmenting my disks about twice a month, whenever I notice the freeze-rate increasing.
Posted by mbi, on Aug 12, 2004 at 07:10 AM, in macOS
My system (a dual 1.25GHz G4 "MDD") has 1.25GB of... 97,860 Views / 815 Replies  
My system (a dual 1.25GHz G4 "MDD") has 1.25GB of RAM (which "should be enough for anyone" ;) ). I have experienced freezes right after system startup, with no applications running yet.

Still, I...
Posted by mbi, on Aug 10, 2004 at 12:57 PM, in macOS
Re: Re: dhcp? 97,860 Views / 815 Replies  
Okay, nevermind then. :hmm:

Still, I think it could be interesing if we could come up with some kind of "common denominator" our setups have. I mean, it has been established by now that not _all_...
Posted by mbi, on Aug 10, 2004 at 12:43 PM, in macOS
dhcp? 97,860 Views / 815 Replies  
Are you guys experiencing these freezes on machines with a dhcp network setup? I know that my ISP changes my IP address rather often and was wondering if this could somehow be related.

My thought...
Posted by mbi, on Aug 10, 2004 at 12:26 PM, in macOS
Haven't had the time to install 10.3.5 yet, but... 97,860 Views / 815 Replies  
Haven't had the time to install 10.3.5 yet, but Apple's tech note (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25791) certainly doesn't seem to mention a fix for this. :(
Posted by mbi, on Aug 10, 2004 at 03:12 AM, in macOS
That's how it started on my system as well: in... 97,860 Views / 815 Replies  
That's how it started on my system as well: in the beginning it would only freeze when waking from sleep, then it started happening after I waked it from screensaver, and now it's happening randomly...
Posted by mbi, on Apr 22, 2004 at 07:28 AM, in macOS
Ah, some good news, at last! Thank you :) 97,860 Views / 815 Replies  
Ah, some good news, at last!
Thank you :)
Posted by mbi, on Apr 18, 2004 at 05:09 PM, in macOS
Re: why does it keep crashing? 855 Views / 11 Replies  
Pretty much sounds like the problem many others (me included) have been experiencing lately:
http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?threadid=199524
Posted by mbi, on Mar 27, 2004 at 11:26 AM, in Mac Desktops
Re: Panther supposedly auto-degrags 97,860 Views / 815 Replies  
This worked for me: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031104150206554
Posted by mbi, on Mar 22, 2004 at 04:51 PM, in macOS
Swap fragmentation! 97,860 Views / 815 Replies  
Indeed, this seems related to fragmentation of the swap file. My dual 1.25Ghz PowerMac (MDD) would regularly freeze after ten to twenty minutes of uptime until I moved the virtual memory file to...
Posted by mbi, on Mar 22, 2004 at 04:54 AM, in macOS
 
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