Sloooooooooooooow Powerbook

[kap]

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

[space-time]

try another user account

run Onyx (clear cache, etc).

worse case, reinstall OS X

[GGD]

Run activity monitor, see if something is taking a large percentage of the CPU time. Try to find a cause before applying random solutions.

[SteveO]

Ditto above. And empty the trash. Hey, it couldn't hurt.

[BigGuynRusty]

kap wrote:
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

"Sluggish" When? Doing What?
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?

[Doc]

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.

[what4]

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.

[what4]

Actually, it was not the chip that failed on my PB. It was the lower chip socket, the one closest to the motherboard.