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Sloooooooooooooow Powerbook - kap - 01-25-2009
Our friend's 1.67GHz G4 powerbook has been experiencing sluggish performance. We have done PRAM and disk repair. What else can we try? Tia
10.4.11 OS
1.5 RAM
1.67GHz G4 powerbook
68.3Gb HD free space
Re: Sloooooooooooooow Powerbook - space-time - 01-25-2009
try another user account
run Onyx (clear cache, etc).
worse case, reinstall OS X
Re: Sloooooooooooooow Powerbook - GGD - 01-25-2009
Run activity monitor, see if something is taking a large percentage of the CPU time. Try to find a cause before applying random solutions.
Re: Sloooooooooooooow Powerbook - SteveO - 01-25-2009
Ditto above. And empty the trash. Hey, it couldn't hurt.
Re: Sloooooooooooooow Powerbook - BigGuynRusty - 01-25-2009
kap wrote:"Sluggish" When? Doing What?
Our friend's 1.67GHz G4 powerbook has been experiencing sluggish performance. We have done PRAM and disk repair. What else can we try? Tia
10.4.11 OS
1.5 RAM
1.67GHz G4 powerbook
68.3Gb HD free space
Little less info, please!!
BGnR
My car is slooooooooooooooooow!!
I changed the oil, rotated the tires, and changed the radio stations, shouldn't that fix it?
Oh, BTW, I forgot to say I was trying to tow a 30,000 pound trailer, with a Ford Pinto, is that info important?
Re: Sloooooooooooooow Powerbook - Doc - 01-25-2009
Do a safe-boot.
Restart with the shift key held down. Continue to hold it until the swirly appears under the Apple logo. Restart at your earliest opportunity.
Re: Sloooooooooooooow Powerbook - what4 - 01-26-2009
When I had that same problem, it turned out that one memory chip had failed.
Go to System Profiler and see how much memory is showing. Run a memory test.
Re: Sloooooooooooooow Powerbook - what4 - 01-26-2009
Actually, it was not the chip that failed on my PB. It was the lower chip socket, the one closest to the motherboard.