10 second freezes all day long

[DalTek]

I'm on a mac at work currently, and it freezes up for about 5 seconds all day long.

It's always in the same pattern. Freezes for 5 seconds, fine for 5 seconds freezes for 5 seconds. It's fine for about 15 minutes then then it freezes again.

I can still move my mouse and i my music doesnt pause, but everything is un-responive.

Any suggestions? It's really annoying.

 

[jeremy.king]

you can run 'top' in terminal to see what might be grabbing all the CPU/memory. For more information run 'man top' in terminal to learn all about the command.

 

[DalTek]

I forgot to mention i'm running OS 9.2.

Is their a way to access the terminal? I couldn't find one.

 

[MacFan26]

No, there is no terminal in OS 9. You could try running Disk First Aid? It's under Applications/Utilities.

 

[wide]

Are you running 9.2 or 9.2.2? It could be a glitched that Apple fixed in the updates. If I were you, I would format your computer and install Tiger when it comes out

Just out of curiosity, what kind of computer are you using? And are you connected to a server at work to access files? If that server is slow then that might be the reason you are getting slow performance. I also think that if the server is running Mac OS X, then performance on Classic can be really, really slow. That's the case at school at least

 

[DalTek]

I'm pretty sure i'm running 9.2.2. I dont' have a lot of control of whats installed on the computer. It's a G4 866mhz. I'm connected to a Windows2k Server, but this is the only mac in the place that has this problem.

I've tried running Techtools, rebuilt the desktop and cleaned the PRAM.
Then I ran norton's disc doctor.

This seems to have improved it quite a bit, but its still there.

 

[jeremy.king]

It's a G4 866mhz.

Have you considered u/g to OS X? The machine seems fast enough and you *should* be able to run any classic applications you might need.

 

[MacFan26]

Did you try (or can you?) removing it from the server? At least maybe you could tell if it was a problem being connected to the network or it was something else.

 

[DalTek]

I'd love to upgrade to OSX but it doesn't support the version of software that I'm forced to use.

As to removing myself from the network I'll try that later. Everything I work on is on the server though.