Okay, I'm really confused about the latest problem with my Mac... for the past few days now, it seems to freeze up. But it's very strange... I'll be using an application or surfing the web when, randomly, the screen with flash real quick. The computer freezes up entirely. Then, one or two seconds later, the screen flashes once again and it un-freezes and allows me to continue my work. It will do this sometimes two or three times an hour. And if I happen to be doing something at the exact moment that this flash occurs (say I'm typing something, or trying to open or save a file), the computer freezes up and stays that way. I'm forced to re-boot and wait for Disk First Aid to do its thing. I get no error messages. First Aid doesn't tell me anything. I've run Norton Antivirus (granted, a very old and outdated version but it's all I have for the moment) and nothing comes up. It's very strange.
It happens most of the time when I'm online. And I'm having enough trouble with that in it of itself. Netscape crashes regularly, but I have to use it because IE freezes up when I use it (another strange case of my computer freezing).
I'm really confused and very tired of the problem... I had been debating whether or not I should upgrade to OS X and see if my computer is more stable that way. But I worry if it'll just make my computer slower... I also don't know if my ISP has internet software for OS X (I have Verizon DSL).
Anybody got any ideas about how to remedy this problem? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
(in case it helps, I have a PowerMac G4 466mhz running OS 9.2)
It happens most of the time when I'm online. And I'm having enough trouble with that in it of itself. Netscape crashes regularly, but I have to use it because IE freezes up when I use it (another strange case of my computer freezing).
I'm really confused and very tired of the problem... I had been debating whether or not I should upgrade to OS X and see if my computer is more stable that way. But I worry if it'll just make my computer slower... I also don't know if my ISP has internet software for OS X (I have Verizon DSL).
Anybody got any ideas about how to remedy this problem? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
(in case it helps, I have a PowerMac G4 466mhz running OS 9.2)