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Disk memory black hole! Something hidden writes to HD (Snow Leopard)
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<blockquote data-quote="sybawi" data-source="post: 1579362" data-attributes="member: 309538"><p>Well you were right about running Onyx in target mode, it can't be (it can't check s.m.a.r.t. status over firewire even). Just on the startup disc it's been opened upon.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, i was right too about suspecting adding RAM would not solve the problem. I've crammed it full (8GB max) and before described slowness & swap problem remains. It only seems to refresh the screen itself slightly faster, although opening and dragging a finder window around is still very jumpy, not fluid at all, a nd increasingly so as the storage gets filled with bogus swap again. (Could the graphic card/gpu have any influence? The mouse itself does move fluidly, over a near-stuck desktop.)</p><p></p><p>I'm trying to run Onyx on the disc itself now, but it's like pumping your tyres full while they have a dime's width hole in 'em and then try cycling home a mile throug loose sand :/ Meaning: i had to break it off by pushing the button (hard shut down), it took too long even to open the program...</p><p></p><p>I'm considering the $100 for disc warrior, as the memory already cost me the same (OWC couldn't deliver this fast, i'm in europe). Any other options for diagnostic / repair? Would running a diagnostic through Mavericks on a USB be a possibility? A colleage proposed that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sybawi, post: 1579362, member: 309538"] Well you were right about running Onyx in target mode, it can't be (it can't check s.m.a.r.t. status over firewire even). Just on the startup disc it's been opened upon. Unfortunately, i was right too about suspecting adding RAM would not solve the problem. I've crammed it full (8GB max) and before described slowness & swap problem remains. It only seems to refresh the screen itself slightly faster, although opening and dragging a finder window around is still very jumpy, not fluid at all, a nd increasingly so as the storage gets filled with bogus swap again. (Could the graphic card/gpu have any influence? The mouse itself does move fluidly, over a near-stuck desktop.) I'm trying to run Onyx on the disc itself now, but it's like pumping your tyres full while they have a dime's width hole in 'em and then try cycling home a mile throug loose sand :/ Meaning: i had to break it off by pushing the button (hard shut down), it took too long even to open the program... I'm considering the $100 for disc warrior, as the memory already cost me the same (OWC couldn't deliver this fast, i'm in europe). Any other options for diagnostic / repair? Would running a diagnostic through Mavericks on a USB be a possibility? A colleage proposed that. [/QUOTE]
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