how many crashes do you have in OSX?

Elliotjnewman · #1 July 15th, 2004, 04:41 AM

I am really confused. I have a G4 MDD 1.25 512 ram and running 10.3.4 and I seem to get a crash every other time I start the machine.

I have done all the usual - repair permissions, started using a new admin user, mac sweeper, virus software etc. but I just seem to have problems. I hear from people on these boards that OSX doesnt crash - or maybe twice in a year - but I seem to experience it all the time. Even if I just select the hard drive and hit Apple+i to 'get info' the cursor just spins for about two or three mins - cant even force quit!

Zammy-Sam · #2 July 15th, 2004, 05:12 AM

Did you ever try a fresh installation?
Did you add ram to the system which might have bad quality? My system crashed maybe 3 times within 1.5 years.

RacerX · #3 July 15th, 2004, 05:29 AM

To answer the title of the post... I've only had one crash (system wide) on my PowerBook since I put 10.2 on it in August 2002 (I pulled the CDRW drive out of the bay while the system was using it

).

Photoshop has crashed twice in that time (both times in 2003), Acrobat twice (once in 2002, once in 2003), GoLive five times (three times in 2003, twice in 2004), LiveMotion once (in early 2004), AppleWorks once (in 2003), Create three times (twice in 2003, once in 2004), PStill twice (both in 2004) and TimeEqualsMoney once (early 2003). Safari and OmniWeb are browsers, so I have no idea how many times they have crashed (figure once a month).

If you are talking about anything beyond these types of crash-and-go-on type of events... or they are happening far more than this, then it might be time to look into getting professional help for your system. It is great to be able to trouble shoot your own system, but there comes a time when someone who does this stuff for a living might really be needed to solve the problem.

symphonix · #4 July 15th, 2004, 05:46 AM

I've had one crash in three years. If I were you, I would be taking a look at possible hardware problems, such as faulty RAM.

Randman · #5 July 15th, 2004, 06:44 AM

Do these crashes happen often? What are you doing and what applications are you using? It could be faulty ram, if new, or overtaxed ram if you're trying too much.

Satcomer · #6 July 15th, 2004, 06:58 AM

I have had two crashes since I started with OS X beta when it first came out. The first crash was on the beta. The second was on an update that I forgot to turn off sleep mode (in my Tibook). After I really started Repairing Permissions on a regular basis, OS X has ran like a champ when other users were complaining (see MacFixIt.com).

hulkaros · #7 July 15th, 2004, 06:59 AM

Something is dead wrong on your config... It could be a bad installed of OS X... It could be a hardware issue... IF it is possible do a clean install and see what gives. If the problem will not go away it IS a hardware issue!

BTW things people say that OS X doesn't crash? It is true you know? Uptimes of months with systems working full time with multimedia apps, development, even playing games is the rule... Especially with OS X 10.2 and 10.3 (aka Jaguar and Panther)

**Cheryl** · #8 July 15th, 2004, 08:41 AM

I've had zero crashes on my 17" iMac at home. My G4 at work was another problem. I finally found that it was my external speakers which I had working on my G3. Disconnected those and now I am kernel panic free.

I suggest you unplug all your devices (keep the keyboard and mouse), then plug in one device and give a try. Keep on going until you find the problem.

If you get the panic with no devices, it could be a ram module that Panther does not like.