Random freezing
I have iPC PPF5 updated to 10.5.7 on my desktop. I can't do anything extraneous on it like copy 200MB. Or write code for the iPhone that has a slight bug in it. It doesn't like me multitasking or doing "big" tasks. When I do, I get the pin…
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- @SquidLord Published 2009-06-25
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I have iPC PPF5 updated to 10.5.7 on my desktop. I can't do anything extraneous on it like copy 200MB. Or write code for the iPhone that has a slight bug in it. It doesn't like me multitasking or doing "big" tasks. When I do, I get the pin wheel and I'm forced to restart via power switch on the case.
My Specs are:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz OC'd 3.2GHz
GPU: EVGA 9800GX2 SSC
RAM: 6GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800
HDD: Western Digital 500GB and 1TB
MOBO: EVGA 780i SLI
I have the Voodoo Kernal from the iPC installer, ApplenForceATA drivers for my nForce hardware, and the Chameleon loader [this from memory].
Any ideas? It's quite difficult to work with if I can't really multitask.
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If that is the case, what ATA kext would you suggest? that was the kext suggested to use for this install [because of my mobo]
-=EDIT=-
it did let me copy a file larger than 200MB to another HDD/Partition on the same HDD, but it eventually pin-wheeled while closing the Activity Monitor…
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Try booting with maxmem=3072 kernel flag to see if that stops the crashes, that would limit your available memory to 3 Gb, but it would tell you the cause are probably the AppleNForceATA kext you're using.
There is a patched version but if you still get crashes I would suspect you have a hardware memory problem, try testing your memory for errors.
The patched version of the AppleNForce kext can be found here:-
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=12… ↗
Try that out and see if it helps much.
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| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
|---|---|---|---|
| @SquidLord | Primary Author | 2 | 2009-06-25 → 2009-06-26 |
| @thorazine74 | Contributor | 2 | 2009-06-26 → 2009-06-29 |
| @Undead Surfer | Contributor | 1 | 2009-06-29 |