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Hey all, so this is kinda just a speculative, worst-case-scenario kind of question, but nonetheless:
I've been having some problems with my G4 computer freezing several times in one day (along with the usual Kernal Panic-BS) since I upgraded it from the last version of Panther to Tiger, and its last version.
I have not yet figured out what the cause of the problem is; the drives/drive partitions came up okay when I Verified & Repaired them before installation (using Disk Utility), and I ran the program Rember, which SAID all my RAM was working okay (though I DO kind of suspect that the RAM may be either need to be increased, or third-party stuff which was either insufficient, or never meant for this particular model).
For the time being though, it's difficult to troubleshoot though, or to do any online research into the problem with having to worry if the computer's going to freeze at any given moment. I cloned my old Panther partition (using Carbon Copy Cloner) to an external Firewire drive, and am thinking that I may just want to revert back to that for the time being, so my computer will be less cantankerous until when--or if--I can successfully upgrade again.
What does that process entail??
If you have any other suggestions about how to troubleshoot the issues I'm having, I'd appreciate it; the thing is, apparently this computer used to crash before I ever even took over it (I was given it by my brother and subsequently zeroed out the HD and reinstalled Panther; this is the first time it's ever been upgraded to Tiger), so I have to wonder if it's something deeper going on.
It's just very frustrating, because my previous G4 (an older, 2000-era Gigabyte Ethernet version) hardly EVER crashed, much less did I EVER see any of these "Kernel Panic" warnings, and now I'm hearing they're more frequent than I thought. It almost leads me to believe that Apple's just starting to rush out their products for the sake of publicity and a quick profit, without really resolving anything...

I DID actually upgrade to 10.4.11 using Software Upgrade... and my computer even FROZE while I was doing THAT, so I had to re-download and try again afterwards... the 10.4.11 Combo Update is even saved in a "Recovered Files" folder that was generated on my desktop. So whether or not ANYTHING actually installed in the process, it was suggested that that having happened could be generating further trouble... although the fact that the computer had already froze DURING the upgrade does make me suspect that there were pre-existing problems.
And again, I did actually use Disk Utility to Verify & Repair every drive and partition beforehand. I'd even zeroed out the drive for this computer even before I'd installed Panther. I'd try that now, and reinstall Tiger over the zeroed-out drive, but I suspect there's something else going on...
Anyway, I'll definitely try downloading the Package Upgrade from that link. I'm just wondering:
A) is there any way to remove/uninstall just the PACKAGE upgrade--thereby reverting to basic Tiger--to reinstall??
B) Or should I just completely erase Tiger, and return to the Panther clone for now? And how??
C) I've actually been saving the crash logs as of late, hoping that I--or someone--can make sense of them, what's causing the problem. Are there any programs (shareware or otherwise), or services (Apple Care or other) that can translate what they're telling me?? Because hopefully that can save me a lot of time and troubleshooting...
D) Although the program Rember suggested that all the RAM was okay, I'm still skeptical, whether it's enough, or--more importantly--whether it's completely compatible for this machine. And in that case, I wouldn't know WHICH piece isn't. How would I find out?? I don't want to waste money replacing ALL of it, if SOME of it is good...

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