buck

just happened. my machine locked up and the screen was greyed out with a white box in the centre telling me to restart. I had mail, itunes, safari, and messenger open.
I'm running 10.2.6 on an emac g4 700 with 640 meg of ram. any idea what happened?

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RubberGorilla

Mr. buck, you are the lucky winner of a brand new Kernal Panic!

I wouldn't worry about it too much, if it starts happening regularly then have your machine looked at.

I haven't had one in a long time. I've been using OS X since the Public Beta and I can probably count the amount I have had on two hands (not bad in 3 years, especially counting the beta where I had most of them).

buck

lucky me!!!! what causes it?

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The Doug

Check this link for a good description of kernel panics & their causes. I've only had 2 in the past year but from the posts I've seen on various websites, some people are just plagued by them.

I wouldn't worry a kernel panic occurs once in a while. If they happen frequently, something's very wrong with your system...

MacDoc

Rumours to the contrary X DOES on occasion hiccup.

We've had way more on 10.2.6 on machines that used to be bullet proof. Not sure why. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

I'm suspicious of that Apple drive update - I've avoided it as I've heard people with lots of Classic issues after the "fix".

Any feedback on this??

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buck

thanks for the link doug. it does make sense. as far as classic issues, i don't use it so i can't say.

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