Beach balls all over...

[dilgit]

I get beach balls every now and than for no reason. I had 10 today. Even if I try to install a new software and even if I do nothing, or try to save a file or change a web site on Chrome. Every time this happens I have to force shutdown. It seems to me that there's something wrong with my 256SSD drive. Any ideas?

 

[DoubleVision19]

Have you tried running from an external drive (clean install of OSX)? I'd run a diagnostic on your RAM also.

 

[dilgit]

Have you tried running from an external drive (clean install of OSX)? I'd run a diagnostic on your RAM also.

I clean installed ML on the same ssd but to no avail. How do I check my ram? I have 16GB?

 

[DoubleVision19]

I clean installed ML on the same ssd but to no avail.

A clean install on the SSD won't do any good if the SSD is faulty. You will need to have another copy of the OS on a different drive to test that theory.

How do I check my ram? I have 16GB?

You can run Memtest+ to see if you RAM passes or not.

 

[dilgit]

I upgraded Crucial SSD firmware and the problem is gone!! It's been more than 10 hours now since the upgrade and no beachballs anymore.