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brooksj
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Specs: 10.4.4, 1.5GHz PowerPC G4 Processor, 512MMB DDR SDRAM
My trusty powerbook, which has always run wonderfully, has done a personality switch on me-- the problems have crept up gradually, so it's hard to pinpoint an exact cause, but it does seem my troubles began after running the latest software update.
The inconvenience started with it frequently dropping the wireless Internet connection; my G5, which is on the same router, has had no loss of connectivity. About the same time, applications slowed WAY down and began to freeze on me, even when I had only one or two open. I also began to encounter numerous errors when trying to download files; the download manager would up and quit in the middle of it.
Adding insult to injury, over the last few days, the laptop will stop responding to the mouse (both built in and peripheral) and/or keyboard. I can still scroll-- the mouse will move onscreen and rollovers will work, but can't click and/or type anything.
I've tried repair permissions numerous times (a few permissions repaired) and have done a full system check in single user mode (no errors found) with no improvement. I just downloaded Onyx and have run that, too soon to really tell if it's helped.
Any thoughts on what might be going on here?
My trusty powerbook, which has always run wonderfully, has done a personality switch on me-- the problems have crept up gradually, so it's hard to pinpoint an exact cause, but it does seem my troubles began after running the latest software update.
The inconvenience started with it frequently dropping the wireless Internet connection; my G5, which is on the same router, has had no loss of connectivity. About the same time, applications slowed WAY down and began to freeze on me, even when I had only one or two open. I also began to encounter numerous errors when trying to download files; the download manager would up and quit in the middle of it.
Adding insult to injury, over the last few days, the laptop will stop responding to the mouse (both built in and peripheral) and/or keyboard. I can still scroll-- the mouse will move onscreen and rollovers will work, but can't click and/or type anything.
I've tried repair permissions numerous times (a few permissions repaired) and have done a full system check in single user mode (no errors found) with no improvement. I just downloaded Onyx and have run that, too soon to really tell if it's helped.
Any thoughts on what might be going on here?
