Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

jahbuzzz

macrumors member
Original poster
Jul 9, 2009
45
1
I am inches away from throwing this mac out of the window and moving to a remote mountain top!

This bloody mac - For no apparent rhyme nor reason decides not to open random pages in both safari and Firefox -

Specs:
Hardware Overview:

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac10,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 3.06 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: IM101.00CC.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.53f13
Serial Number (system): W89467K25PE
Hardware UUID: C7E93CD9-D433-5BEC-A064-C930AFA8F343

:confused:
 

redache

macrumors member
Sep 16, 2011
44
0
Can you expand on the problem - what you're trying, what you expect and what actually happens?. "not opening random web pages" is a bit vague and it could be a multitude of things.
 

KingJosh

macrumors 6502
Jan 11, 2012
431
0
Australia
I am inches away from throwing this mac out of the window and moving to a remote mountain top!

This bloody mac - For no apparent rhyme nor reason decides not to open random pages in both safari and Firefox -

Specs:
Hardware Overview:

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac10,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 3.06 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: IM101.00CC.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.53f13
Serial Number (system): W89467K25PE
Hardware UUID: C7E93CD9-D433-5BEC-A064-C930AFA8F343

:confused:

might be your modem too
 

jahbuzzz

macrumors member
Original poster
Jul 9, 2009
45
1
This is what I get -
6795882318_5aef966593_b.jpg


then a few minutes later it may open - but then again it may not. Then some other site wont open etc etc...

My girlfriend's macbook never has this problem.
 
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.