Machine suddenly unstable

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  1. Massnegro, Mar 10, 2010

    Massnegro macrumors newbie

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    Hi there all, any ideas on this one…

    My G4 MDD Dual 1.25 has become a little unstable in the last few days, applications keep hanging, or just refuse to start (not responding message seen if I force quit) and it’s now a bit temperamental about shutting down or seeing flashcards

    Now the only thing I done in recent days is install a Firmtek SeriTek/1S2 SATA controller, could this be the cause of this?
    And might a wipe and rebuild solve this?
     
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  2. Queso, Mar 10, 2010

    Queso macrumors G4

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    Take out the controller for a couple of days and see if that helps. If there's no change in behaviour back up your stuff quickly. Your hard disk is most likely beginning to go.
     
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  3. Massnegro, Mar 10, 2010

    Massnegro thread starter macrumors newbie

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    Thankfully I've just done a backup, so you think it might be the hard drive, anyway, I must be lucky, as to date I've never had a drive fail on me, so I'm not too sure of spotting the symptoms...
     
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