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Very strange: I select an icon in the finder and it takes a few seconds for the highlight to appear. I need to do more than one doubleclick to open an item and words that I type don't appear on the screen immediately-there's a lag of 2-3 seconds. This condition is not constant, and it clears up instantaneoulsy-in fact, it just did so. Any ideas on what the cause may be. I'm using a 350mhz sawtooth G4 and OS 9.1.
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<strong>Very strange: I select an icon in the finder and it takes a few seconds for the highlight to appear. I need to do more than one doubleclick to open an item and words that I type don't appear on the screen immediately-there's a lag of 2-3 seconds. This condition is not constant, and it clears up instantaneoulsy-in fact, it just did so. Any ideas on what the cause may be. I'm using a 350mhz sawtooth G4 and OS 9.1.</strong><hr></blockquote>
How much RAM do you have, what's your virtual memory set at, is there a CD in CD-ROM drive, do you have virus software running in the background, how many applications do you have open, etc. Whatever it is, you're experiencing a lag because something is tying up your processor cycles. It could be a runaway app, it could be a control panel or extension, it may be a virus (yes, Mac viruses actually do exist). Try and isolate when it occurs. Is it only when you have your mail open, or only when you have a web browser open, etc. If you can't trace it to a specific app or combination of apps, then it's probably something in the background such as an extension or control panel, or possibly a virus. Hope this helps.
[ 07-26-2002: Message edited by: thuh Freak ]</p>
just to take his suggestions a bit further. did you notice when this first started? did it occur after you installed new hardware or software? have you tried booting with extensions off. if so, did the problem still occur?
let us know what you find out.
On the other hand, if you don't have an internal Zip drive...I have no idea what's eating up your processor cycles!
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