From: fbartho	Date: January 20th, 2005 07:35 am (UTC)		(Link)

I can write you a quick little program
you can compile on codewarrior for mac
that will sort your ram and make it crash if you want...
It makes pretty effects...
*nods*
//goes something like: //This will sort 65536 * 32 bits worth of ram or something... //Its a bubble sort that loops when an int overflows int main() { int *p1=0; int *p2=1; int i=0; int tmp=0; while(true){ if(i<0) i=0; if(*p1 > *p2) { tmp=*p1; *p1=*p2; *p2=tmp; } p1++; p2++; i++; } return 0; }

It should never return, if it finishes sorting, then
it will be an infinite loop over the first 65536 words of data
This is not allowed on pc's, but on macs, at least in OS 9.
we wrote this with a random sort, and it crashed spectacularly

	From: porsupah	Date: January 20th, 2005 07:58 am (UTC)		(Link)

It's feeling suitably threatened by the presence of the box. Lend it to someone, and you'll probably find things back to normal.

Apple's service does seem a little unpredictable.. in my case, my last experience - with Bunny's display hinges - eventually went very well indeed. Box on Tuesday, 'book back on Thursday. (Ah, would that there were an extended warranty plan for original TiBooks.. having that out of commission's not easy, but so it goes. It's possible it might all be cleared up with a replacement display cable, which is certainly worth a shot - it's cheap, but very awkward to fit, involving splitting open the display, not really designed with servicing in mind. Lots of fragile, expensive stuff to destroy)

	From: tinkleneko	Date: January 20th, 2005 11:13 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Wait... so you got a new hard drive, which made your computer work ok again? So... then shouldn't the problem be with the old hard drive? Or is it that you just want to get a new computer? After all it lags.... so.........