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<blockquote data-quote="MacHeadCase" data-source="post: 357296">In the CDs (or DVDs?) that came with your PowerMac you should have one in the set that contains the Hardware Test. You just start up holding down the C key, I think you will be prompted if you want to re-install the OS or use the hardware test. You of course will choose Hardware Test and in the options that will present themselves to you, choose Extended Test: this will test all hardware components in your Mac i.e. video card, RAM modules, ports, etc.For the MainMenu thing, it's pretty straightforward really. This is what you will need to run as tasks to clean out the various caches:<img src="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=5266&amp;d=1174690442" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Never mind all the browser cache tasks, that isn't the problem now. What I think you have to concentrate on is cleaning out all the user caches, system caches (deep clean) and, what the heck, font cache as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MacHeadCase, post: 357296"] In the CDs (or DVDs?) that came with your PowerMac you should have one in the set that contains the Hardware Test. You just start up holding down the [I]C[/I] key, I think you will be prompted if you want to re-install the OS or use the hardware test. You of course will choose Hardware Test and in the options that will present themselves to you, choose Extended Test: this will test all hardware components in your Mac i.e. video card, RAM modules, ports, etc. For the MainMenu thing, it's pretty straightforward really. This is what you will need to run as tasks to clean out the various caches: [IMG]http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=5266&d=1174690442[/IMG] Never mind all the browser cache tasks, that isn't the problem now. What I think you have to concentrate on is cleaning out all the user caches, system caches (deep clean) and, what the heck, font cache as well. [/QUOTE]

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