new imac g5, beachballs, hangs and more

[IJ Reilly]

Have you tried removing the RAM you added?

I could have told you the clean install wouldn't help. Almost never does.

 

[atomcoeur]

i finally found the time to backup everything so i can format the iMac and install from scratch.. but no more crashes have happened during this week so I decided i'm gonna wait a bit (avoiding reinstalling all those programs again) - maybe it got over it or is it waiting for the right time to crash hours of unsaved work? to format or not to format?

 

[IJ Reilly]

I won't help, but go for it. Why not?

 

[yenko]

ok this is really pissing me off, i can't eject games, is there any way to force eject without having to restart??? when i push the eject key, the icon will leave the desktop but the disk will remain in the computer

EDIT: also whenever i can't get the CD/DVD to eject, i will have to unplug the imac because it will hang with just the desktop picture showing and wont' complete the shutdown

None of my Macs tolerate badly scratched CD's, so I avoid using them.

It is starting to sound like the scratched CD's are the culprit(s).
I would suggest that you may want to take better care of your CD's or at least try to clean them up with a CD cleaner/restorer to avoid further problems.

It will eventually shut down.....just takes a very, very long time.
At that point when you restart the computer, hold down the Command+Option+O+F keys. At the prompt type "eject cd" (without the quotes) and the CD should come out.