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eMac kernel panics!

Kingsly

Kingsly

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Aug 9, 2005
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My eMac has had two kernel panics today, a new personal record. The first time I was launching iTunes. The second time it was displaying the flurry screen saver. The only common denominator is bit torrent (which has been running all week) so I don't think that is the problem. I am running 10.3.9, 768 Mbytes of RAM and I have Screen Spanning activated, but again it has been running for about a year with screen spanning. What's going on?

I just remembered that I have three external hard drives hooked up. One which was attached for the first time yesterday. magic
 
Installed anything inside the computer recently (such as RAM)? -I've heard that can cause kernel panics.

Try unplugging the new external HDD for a few days, as see if that helps.
 
EricNau said:
Installed anything inside the computer recently (such as RAM)? -I've heard that can cause kernel panics.

Try unplugging the new external HDD for a few days, as see if that helps.
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Nope, the last install I did was RAM six months ago. If it panics again I will disconnect the HDD. Also, should I try resetting PRAM (just because I can)?
 
I really doubt resetting the PRAM will help. I'm almost certain this is bit-torrent problem. File sharing apps are notorious for giving kernel panics randomly. The only sure-fire solution is to not use them. :eek:
 
Bad to worse...

Okay, well the file is almost done downloading, so hopefully it will go away after that.
On a lighter note...
could not wake my eMac from sleep. nothing worked, I even tried unplugging and re-plugging-in the keyboard (incase it was a USB problem) and finally resorted to a hard shut down. Arrgh! Where is my MacBook Pro?!

Edit* Weird things happening... Flurry is extremely smooth now- regularly when spanned across two monitors it is slow and jumpy on one. Also the mouse turns invisible on the safari toolbar (i.e when I try to click reload)
Overall the computer seems really spunky, everything is really smooth and FAST!
Strange... I did reset PRAM. If this is what is does I will reset PRAM more often!
 
mad jew said:
I really doubt resetting the PRAM will help. I'm almost certain this is bit-torrent problem. File sharing apps are notorious for giving kernel panics randomly. The only sure-fire solution is to not use them. :eek:
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No way, since the bit torrent app is running with user priviledges it should not affect the kernel in any way. Unless you contracted spyware on MacOS? :eek:
 
More tests. Its like my mac is on steroids. I have never seen the genie move so fast! Its kind of scary. I afraid with that kind of momentum the minimized window will do some damage upon contact with the dock.
Scrolling- fast
HTML rendering- fast
genie- Holy @*%&!
Quicktime- very smooth, continues to play in dock, plays (without momentarily hanging) while being minimized!!!!!!!!!

I know all of you with G5's are thing "so?" but on an eMac this is something else. Whatever I did was good. Ideas?
 
generik said:
No way, since the bit torrent app is running with user priviledges it should not affect the kernel in any way.
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Not sure I'm on the same wavelength. Are you saying apps cannot cause kernel panics? FWIW, most file sharing apps I can think of would use system and root-based processes to function. :)
 
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