Random Crashes

mattyj

Ok, for all I know my PMG4 crahses at any time, I do not know the cause of it. I'm running 10.2 on Dual 1Ghz DDR 512MB RAM,

Belkin PCI Usb two port card

Epson scanner, epson printer, isub + soundsticks, 100MB Zip, ADSL modem....



I do not know what is wrong, it just crashes when it wants to....



Please any suggestions, I have just replaced 10.2.4 with 10.2, to no avail....



My geuss is that it is connected with the PCI USB card...

amorph

Quote:

Originally posted by mattyj

Ok, for all I know my PMG4 crahses at any time, I do not know the cause of it. I'm running 10.2 on Dual 1Ghz DDR 512MB RAM,

Belkin PCI Usb two port card

Epson scanner, epson printer, isub + soundsticks, 100MB Zip, ADSL modem....



I do not know what is wrong, it just crashes when it wants to....



Please any suggestions, I have just replaced 10.2.4 with 10.2, to no avail....



My geuss is that it is connected with the PCI USB card...

First use Disk Utility to Repair Permissions.



The PCI card is a suspect, and also try swapping out any RAM (especially if you've bought any third party RAM - but even the Apple RAM could be faulty).



If none of those measures fix the problem, it's a bit more subtle. You might have a trashed Preferences file.

mattyj

Quote:

2003-04-04 22:25:21 +0100 - Repair of privileges has started

Permissions differ on ./private/etc/hostconfig, should be -r--r--r-- , they are -rw-r--r--

Owner and group corrected on ./private/etc/hostconfig

Permissions corrected on ./private/etc/hostconfig

Group differs on ./private/var/run/utmp, should be 0, group is 1

Owner and group corrected on ./private/var/run/utmp

Permissions corrected on ./private/var/run/utmp

Permissions differ on ./Library/Preferences/com.apple.dockfixup.plist, should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rw-r--r--

Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Preferences/com.apple.dockfixup.plist

Permissions corrected on ./Library/Preferences/com.apple.dockfixup.plist

Permissions differ on ./usr/libexec/MiniTerm.app/Contents/Resources, should be dr-xr-xr-x , they are drwxr-xr-x

Owner and group corrected on ./usr/libexec/MiniTerm.app/Contents/Resources

Permissions corrected on ./usr/libexec/MiniTerm.app/Contents/Resources

Permissions differ on ./usr/libexec/MiniTerm.app/Contents, should be dr-xr-xr-x , they are drwxr-xr-x

Owner and group corrected on ./usr/libexec/MiniTerm.app/Contents

Permissions corrected on ./usr/libexec/MiniTerm.app/Contents

Permissions differ on ./usr/libexec/MiniTerm.app, should be dr-xr-xr-x , they are drwxr-xr-x

Owner and group corrected on ./usr/libexec/MiniTerm.app

Permissions corrected on ./usr/libexec/MiniTerm.app

Permissions differ on ./Applications/iMovie.app/Contents/PkgInfo, should be -rwxrwxr-x , they are -rw-rw-r--

Well, this is what it did, but I won't know if that has solved it.... Either until it crashes, or it doesn't...





Thanks for the help, it hasn't crahsed fopr about 45mins, so it has been doing good.

mattyj

It still crashes... Could it be the PCI card? My geuss is that it is, the RAM I have had since ay one with the machine since last September, so that shouldn't be a cause...



Any ideas...?



I also need an anti virus and a system repair app, both for OSX, got any ideas?

alcimedes

easiest way to test it is pull the card out for a few days and see what happnes. simple yet effective. the best kind of testing.

mattyj

True I will try it. I have had it pon today for about 8 hours and not one crash, so it's looking good. Still staying away from 10.2.4 though