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- From: jerry@uni-paderborn.de (Gerald Siek)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: Re: Quadra-950 freezes up. Any answers?
- Date: 24 Jan 1993 17:28:59 GMT
- Organization: University of Paderborn, Germany
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- References: <1993Jan19.162650.1@travis.llnl.gov>
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- massey@travis.llnl.gov wrote:
- : Does anyone know why quitting an application would cause a quadra-950 to
- : freeze up? It doesn't seem to be application specific, almost any app. can
- : randomly cause it to happen. The problem seems to be indifferent to which
- : inits are loaded or if the processor cache is on. Virtual memory is off and
- : 32-bit addressing is enabled. I've also seen the same machine freeze up just
- : as a result of mouse activity but this is much more rare.
-
- I've encountered a similar problem a few weeks ago. My 950 sometimes hangs
- for about 20-30 seconds, sometimes when quitting applications, always when
- working with my compiler (THINK C). The problem does not occur after
- booting with shift key down. Have you tried this? I have already re-
- installed the system, toggled all parameters like VM, cache etc. and removed
- all INITs and CPs. I'm not sure whether this could be a new virus or just
- one of those nice new Quadra features.
-
- Jerry
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- Gerald Siek - jerry@uni-paderborn.de - University of Paderborn, Germany
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