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Mac Mini- Beachball
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Owosso, MI
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Ive had this core duo mini since september 1.66 512MB RAM. This computer beachballs like 5-10 times a day, even with using safari and just basic tasks.. even in iTunes it beachballs. Ive done a complete OS reload and it still does it even after its fresh.. Its horribly slow.. Ive taken it into the apple store numerous times and they still cant figure it out. Occasionally Ill get kernel panics as well and sometimes the fan kicks onto high.. little thing sounds like a jet engine
Any Ideas
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Moderator  Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: San Jose, CA
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Have you tried replacing the RAM or adding more? 512 MB is really insufficient.
Steve
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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it passed the ram test.. my eMac 700 shouldnt be blowing the doors off the mini like it is the eMac is running tiger under 256MB RAM/40GB HD... the geniuses cant figure it out.. i have to use my eMac all the time because the mini is horribly slow.. i get the nice spinning beachball quite often.. more than 5 times a day
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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Originally Posted by brokecollegestudentF04 
it passed the ram test.. my eMac 700 shouldnt be blowing the doors off the mini like it is the eMac is running tiger under 256MB RAM/40GB HD... the geniuses cant figure it out.. i have to use my eMac all the time because the mini is horribly slow.. i get the nice spinning beachball quite often.. more than 5 times a day
that's how mine gets sometimes. weird. and does your airport go out when you don't use it for like 10 minutes?
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8GB iPhone
Coming Soon: Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.0Ghz
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Banned
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Owosso, MI
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yup.. my airport does the same thing.. apple dont know whats wrong.. ive demanded a replacement but they cant do anything
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Cambridge, UK
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Like Steve said, your RAM is not sufficient, upgrade it to 1gb.
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Banned
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Owosso, MI
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ah to hell with it im not bothering with it.. ebay here it goes.. ill go back to the eMac until after macworld
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: California
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I third that motion. My mini core duo did the same thing until I maxed out the RAM. Now it runs like a champ. Haven't seen a beachball since.
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Senior User
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Sounds weird, I don't even get a beachball on my iBook Clamshell with 576MB of ram and OS X Tiger!
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iMac G4 / Macbook
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Aug 2006
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those mac minis eat RAM. feed it. it will be nicer.
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