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- chinaman
i run a mac G4 400 with over 700ram, and when i boot up sometimes the screen changes its display settings and the system preferences is all messed up. also some of the software keeps unexpectedly quitting. anyone have these problems?any advice?
- atomica0
Buy a PC. Just kidding, do that later, but we've had that happen with some of our G4s at work, I'd high reccomend reseting your parameter ram and rebuilding the desk top. Otherwise, not much else you can do aside from reinitializing and startin fresh. It's a mac thing.
- SaintWalker0
What OS have you got installed on it?
- chinaman0
how do you reset the parameter ram and rebuild the desktop? i know how to do it on os9, is it the same? its 10.1.5 saint walker, thanks for the time chaps.
- stimuli0
It's the same for OSX: CMD-ALT-P-R
Doesn't always help in OSX though, I've had a similar problem recently. Whenever I reboot or startup my G$ the monitor settings change to 256 greyscale and nothing I do will change it to my normal settings.
- pascii0
chinaman
i have exacly the same problems with my display. i did a research and plugged my contacts @ apple: if you use an older monitor (mine eg. 1999) it may be that osx doesn't recon how much resolution it can handle. i used http://www.madrau.com/html/SRX/i… for a while, but it didn't solve the problem. maybe a little apple script can help you (@startup, change to your preferred resolution)
- chinaman0
cheers chaps.is there anyway of boosting memory for apps in osX like os9? i'm thinking this might help me with the apps that keep uxexpectedly quitting.
p.s is it okay to just leave the compuer on forever, like sleep it instead of shutdown? it seems like a good idea coz of the res change, anyone do this ?
- chinaman0
little bump.sorry.anyone give me some advice.
- kerus0
possible solutions:
replace the battery.
replace the hard drive.
reinstall the OS clean.
run many "fixit" programs.
kill all unnecessary crap.
extentions manager is your friend if youre running os 9.if 10, then youre kinda screwed.