Sluggish performance…???

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[Colin Williams] “one of those slow black overlays came over my screen and BAM. Crashed”

You had a kernal panic.

Sometimes they are caused by software, but are most often caused by a bad piece of hardware.

Sign up for an appointment at the Genius Bar at your closest apple store and have them take a look at it.

[Colin Williams]

Thanks for the info. I understand the Genius Bar option as I’ve had to take this same machine there once before. However, I am looking for other options before having to fork over my dollars. Is there anything else at all that I can try before unplugging a thousand chords and carrying this thing across town?
Thanks,
Colin
https://www.pensivecrow.com

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[Colin Williams] “Thanks for the info. I understand the Genius Bar option as I’ve had to take this same machine there once before. However, I am looking for other options before having to fork over my dollars. Is there anything else at all that I can try before unplugging a thousand chords and carrying this thing across town?”

They are not going to charge you to look at it and if it is software they help you at the bar or give instructions of what to do at home. The only way you would have to fork over money is if there is a physical problem with a hardware component in the computer. And you would have to do this anyway.

So saying that you are going to have to fork over money douse not hold up.

[Colin Williams]

doesn’t hold up, eh?

ok, ok. sheesh.

Truth be told, I’m lazy and would rather not drive 20 minutes across town to the Apple Store when there might be other options for troubleshooting that may yield a solution from here. And considering I drive 60 miles a day just to get here to my studio…driving more often than necessary is not always my favorite thing to do. And gas prices suck as well.

*shrug*

And for the record: I thought THIS was the real genius bar! Order Up! 😉

I guess I have no other options.

Colin
https://www.pensivecrow.com

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I’m sorry but kernal panics can have so many different causes. if it is hard war then you have to figure out which piece of hardware is causing it. Its not really something that some one can trouble shoot online.

But you could try just reinstalling the OS, if the issue persists then take it in.

[Colin Williams]

I would re-install the OS. But I did an online download and never was given the Tiger CD. Maybe they’ll give me one at the Apple Store. So it looks like I need to take it in one wway or the other. *sigh*

Thanks.
Colin
https://www.pensivecrow.com

PS – Do you prefer to be anonymous? Just curious. It’s just that when I began posting to this forum in the beginning it was encouraged to includfe your “real” info. Anyway. Thanks. I’ll let you know what happens.

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[Colin Williams] “I would re-install the OS. But I did an online download and never was given the Tiger CD.”

Apple douse not sell the OS as a download. Did you illegally download the software. You could not have upgraded the OS with out a disk.

[Colin Williams]

No, I didn’t “illegally” download the software or pirate anything. And honeslty, even if I had, I feel that I lack the ignorance in thinking that installing a pirated OS would be a smart thing to do. Nor would I ever post it on a public forum. C’mon. Give me some credit. You must read a lot of these.

And you may correct me, but I remember buying it as a download. If not, the CD has made an escape.

Colin