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Posted by: MacDan on 2008-09-27 12:32:45
Hey guys. Lately, my iMac has been painstakingly slowwwwwwww (at start up, with basic functions, and online. I guess it's lack of RAM, but I'm not so sure. What do you guys think it can be?
Thanks!
PS: I noticed something last night. After I was talking to my Dad about "the PC's at school being faster than the iMac", the iMac sped up for some reason. Yes guys, I was having impure thoughts about PC's. I thought I needed one, for now. Maybe an XPS 420...
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Posted by: MultiFinder on 2008-09-27 12:55:00
Some more info would be nice; complete specs, what you've done to it since/before it came slow, etc.
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Posted by: wood_e on 2008-09-27 13:13:51
I bet your HD is going... FAST...
I would go get a replacement. If your iMac doesn't have an iSight it's easy to replace it. If it has an iSight, use my guide...
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Posted by: QuadSix50 on 2008-09-27 13:16:05
Make sure that it's nothing to do with this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2390
I've already sent in my iMac G5 twice early this year and so far it's running OK. Mine wasn't even listed in the range of serial numbers, but they replaced the parts at no charge anyways. Apple is aware that this is affecting all iMac G5 models, not just the ones mentioned on the link.
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Posted by: MacDan on 2008-09-27 16:04:34
Complete specs: 1.8 Ghz PPC G5, 512 MB RAM, 80 gig HD. I've done nothing to it since buying it, except for the guy at the apple store who inserted the extra 256 stick of RAM.
@ QuadSix50:
Thanks for that. I had the g5 go into the apple store two years ago for the "unclear or distorted picture". A resistor on the mobo had poped. Thanks again!
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Posted by: Christopher on 2008-09-27 18:53:45
Lucky, you got the cool iMac where it was user serviceable.
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Posted by: wally on 2008-09-27 20:04:53
Some simple stuff you can try...
When you run the disk repair and verification stuff within disk utilities while booted off the OS X install media, does it catch and repair anything?
Then, back in OS X, running Activity Monitor probably found in the Utilities folder of Applications, anything unusual show up in terms of utilization of CPU cycles or memory?
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Posted by: QuadSix50 on 2008-09-28 05:47:22
Lucky, you got the cool iMac where it was user serviceable. Yup, mine's the same revision model. I was a bit bummed to find out only weeks after I purchased my 2 GHz ALS model that the iSight model was released, but upon learning how user-accessible my revision of the iMac was, I didn't feel so bad anymore. 😉
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