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Hurst01
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Hello Guys,
I just found this forum and signed up for posts. First of all, I am computer illiterate. I can do a fair amount of internet searching, emailing and such. The computer facinates me. I spend many hours on a couple of different forums about motorcycles and street rods. I have inherited several Macs over the years from my son. He spends a fortune and then gets an upgrade every so often. I get his hand-me-downs.
Now for my problem. I have a G4 Cube 450 MHz with 1.06 SDRAM running OSX 10.4.7. It has a 40 Gig HD that is partitioned with OSX and OS9. Lately, I can't get the computer to wake up. It gets a colorful "screen-saver" and stays like that. I always have to "Force" shut-down and restart, which is a major pain, especially when I am in a hurry. I never shut down the computer, I just let it go into sleep mode.
I have Techtool Pro 4 installed with first aid drive. I have completed every diagnostic that I can think of, including optimization, which took a looooooong time.
I used to crash my old G3 on a regular basis while trying to learn. My son said there was no way to do what I was doing. After several trips and quite a few $$$$$$ for repairs, I stumbled across Techtool Pro3 which was a life saver. Since then, I haven't had to pay out the big bucks (to me anyhow) for repairs. After going to OSX 10.3, I had to get the Techtool Pro4.
If anyone can give me an idea as to how to cure this wake up problem I would appreciate it. For anyone that will respond, talk to me like I am stupid, but easy on the abuse.
Thanks, Ed
I just found this forum and signed up for posts. First of all, I am computer illiterate. I can do a fair amount of internet searching, emailing and such. The computer facinates me. I spend many hours on a couple of different forums about motorcycles and street rods. I have inherited several Macs over the years from my son. He spends a fortune and then gets an upgrade every so often. I get his hand-me-downs.
Now for my problem. I have a G4 Cube 450 MHz with 1.06 SDRAM running OSX 10.4.7. It has a 40 Gig HD that is partitioned with OSX and OS9. Lately, I can't get the computer to wake up. It gets a colorful "screen-saver" and stays like that. I always have to "Force" shut-down and restart, which is a major pain, especially when I am in a hurry. I never shut down the computer, I just let it go into sleep mode.
I have Techtool Pro 4 installed with first aid drive. I have completed every diagnostic that I can think of, including optimization, which took a looooooong time.
I used to crash my old G3 on a regular basis while trying to learn. My son said there was no way to do what I was doing. After several trips and quite a few $$$$$$ for repairs, I stumbled across Techtool Pro3 which was a life saver. Since then, I haven't had to pay out the big bucks (to me anyhow) for repairs. After going to OSX 10.3, I had to get the Techtool Pro4.
If anyone can give me an idea as to how to cure this wake up problem I would appreciate it. For anyone that will respond, talk to me like I am stupid, but easy on the abuse.
Thanks, Ed
