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Help with my powerbook and SLOW OSX
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<blockquote data-quote="rberry88" data-source="post: 75392" data-attributes="member: 5169"><p>This happened to me the other day, my Powerbook would take like 10-15 minutes to just boot up and then I'd get the neverending beachball. I booted into console mode and did fsck -y and it seemed to work but yesterday it did the same thing but this time it wouldn't verify or repair the disk. I called tech support and he went through about an hour of different test and stuff and then finally had me do a "Reformat and Install" of OSX but it still didn't fix the problem. I had to drop off my Powerbook to the Applestore last night for service and should have it back by Monday (hoping).</p><p></p><p>Tech support had 2 other support people on the phone as we did this testing and no one could determine what could be causing it. All the hardware tests passed with no problems so they recommended I take it in so they can find the problem. </p><p></p><p>At least I still have my iMac at home or I'd probably be lost.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rberry88, post: 75392, member: 5169"] This happened to me the other day, my Powerbook would take like 10-15 minutes to just boot up and then I'd get the neverending beachball. I booted into console mode and did fsck -y and it seemed to work but yesterday it did the same thing but this time it wouldn't verify or repair the disk. I called tech support and he went through about an hour of different test and stuff and then finally had me do a "Reformat and Install" of OSX but it still didn't fix the problem. I had to drop off my Powerbook to the Applestore last night for service and should have it back by Monday (hoping). Tech support had 2 other support people on the phone as we did this testing and no one could determine what could be causing it. All the hardware tests passed with no problems so they recommended I take it in so they can find the problem. At least I still have my iMac at home or I'd probably be lost. [/QUOTE]
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