IMac Freezes only while in Windows XP SP3
Hey guys,
I have a late 2008 iMac with a 2.8GHz C2D and 4GB RAM(Stupid 32-bit only recognises 3GB). But whenever i fire up XP, and usually when playing a game, my mac randomly freezes and i have to hard restart. I have had this problem ever since using bootcamp, but ignored it until it started becoming a real pain. However, sometimes i can play games all day without a freeze, or sometimes i get 10 minutes.
I'd also like to say that nothing like this happens on OS X(maybe because i dont really play any games on OS X). But i did read something about a hardware problem, but i want rectification.
Sorry if its a repost but i really need an answer, i have apple-care until 2012.
Hi @DXIS,
I understand that the printer isn't being recognized when connected to the computer and the installation hangs.I can help you with this.
Make sure the printer is connected directly to a wall outlet. (don't use a power hub or a surge protector) This ensures the printer is receiving full power and may help this situation. Double check your connections, just to make sure the USB cable is connected to the USB port on the back of the printer and not accidentally connected to the Ethernet port.
I have provided a document with some steps to try to see if that will resolve the issue.
'Device setup failed to complete' or 'Unknown device' Message Displays in Windows during USB Install...
Most likely there is a ghost key in the registry for the printer and that is why it isn't being detected.
I will send you a PM to access the registry and steps to do. In the forum beside your handle name just click on the
envelope to view it.
Have a nice day!
Thank You.
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IMac freezes while Time Machine updates the back up. What to do?
Ever since I upgraded to Lion my iMac freezes or nearly freezes for 5 - 10 minutes every hour while Time Machine updates the back up. What to do?
I have tried everything I can think of but its only improved from total freeze while Time Machine backs up to freeze with an occasional few seconds of activity.
I am really fed up with this.When I first updated to Lion everything was a mess with freezes happenng constantly like every two or three minutes. Then when looking at the app store I noticed in purchased items that Lion was showing install instead of installed so I downloaded and installed again.
After this install every time Time Machine updated a backup my iMac froze for about 5 or 10 minutes while the backing up was in progress. I was getting really fed up and started this thread. Then one morning I got up and the iMac would not start up. It just sat there with the progress thingy spinning. I started in T mode to look at it from my MacBookPro and two copies of the HD appeared. Both showing zero files. I ran Disk utility on the MacBookPro to try to fix the disk. It showed 8 copies of the disk and all not reparable.
I then created a startup USB drive using my MacBookPro, used it to start up the iMac and restored everything from the previous day's backup. Since then it has been running smoothly with no freezes so maybe the answer is simply to restore a recent backup.
I am using Imation external drives and I don't believe the problem is drive specific. -
iMac was making a strange sound yesterday. I shutdown and restarted now it will only boot in windows vista. I've tried option key that doesn't work, I've tried command R no luck. I've left un-plugged, not sure what to do. I don't even get the white screen like it's trying to load, it goes directly to windows vista, once in windows I can't get anywhere to try and go back. I did download avast the other week, it seemed to be running fine until yesterday. UGH
If you are running OS X "Lion" or later, boot OS X Recovery by holding ⌘ and r (two fingers) while you start your Mac. For Snow Leopard, start your Mac while holding the c key with its original OS X Install DVD inserted in its optical drive.
At the Mac OS X Utilities screen, select Disk Utility. Select your startup volume (usually named "Macintosh HD") and click the Repair Disk button. Describe any errors it reports in red. If Disk Utility reports "The volume Macintosh HD appears to be OK" in green then you can be reasonably (though not completely) assured your hard disk is in good working order.
If you manage to boot OS X, uninstall Avast. Its effect on a Mac has progressed from complete and utter worthlessness to maliciousness.
Be sure to use its latest uninstaller, which will remove it completely. -
IMac freeze while installing OS upgrade
I have a G5 iMac currently on OS X 10.5.5, I`m trying to upgrade to 10.5.8 via software update, when the installation begins the computer just freezes... the window displays "configuring installation" and the status bar advances a bit and then just stays there. I have more than enough disk space for the installation. Any advice will be appreciated.
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Run Repair Disk
1. Insert your Mac OS X Install DVD, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.) Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair.
If you repair errors run it until no errors found.
The download and run 10.5.8 Combo Update
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I have just purchased a new iMac OS Xlion version 10.7.3 and I'd like to install Windows. I have a disc for XP but the Boot Camp Assistant manual only refers to Windows 7. Please does anyone know if it will it work with XP.?
Get a Virtual Macine software program, Parallels, VMware Fusion or VirtualBox, and install XP in a virtual machine.
You can't install XP in a Boot Camp Partition with Lion or Mt Lion, only Win 7. -
Ever since installing iCloud and Lion my computer is slow or freezes. The color wheel comes on and My work stops. I have only a small window of time where my computers will function normally during the day. I know many others that have the same problem. I'll get 20-30 minutes of work done and then a sync or something comes on, the color wheel of death shows up, and my productivity is shot. I have to shut the computer down the hard way! when it comes back up, it is still either frozen or slow. I've checked in at the genius bar and all they say is that there have been some problems that Apple is trying to fix. It effects Mail, Contacts, Safari, Calendar....yeah, pretty much everything. My iPhone and iPad are not effected as much so I end up doing what I can with them. I've seen the blogs out there and understand that many have the same problem. I have been waiting to read about a fix but I have found nothing! Any ideas?
Not enough free space on the startup disk can slow the system down.
Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. Make sure there's a minimum of 15% free disk space.
For startup issues... open System Preferences > Users & Groups - Login Items. Delete any apps listed there then restart your mac.
And disable the Lion "resume" feature.
Open System Preferences > General
Deselect: Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps
And Spotlight may be indexing... you can turn that off > Turning Off Spotlight | Mac Tricks And Tips -
Windows XP SP3 Freezes After Installation of Nvidia Quadro FX3000
Greetings to all! I have an older Dell running Windows XP SP3. It had an Nvidia Quadro FX1000 which began going bad and I replaced with a Quadro FX3000 model. The drivers I downloaded from Nvidia's web site were the most recent qualified
drivers (yep, they were old, but still the correct drivers). After of the installation of the card and the drivers Windows boots normally to the logon screen. After typing in my password Windows tells me its loading my personal settings, then freezes
with no further activity. I'm unable to use the mouse at that point and can't shut down gracefully.
I can boot successfully into Windows via Safe Mode and log on using my password. However, the system always hangs after logging on when I just boot straight into Windows without using safe mode.
Can anyone weigh in with a possible reason for this to occur. It's driving me crazy. I'm sure the answer is right in front of me, I'm just not seeing it.
Thanks in advance!Hi!
I know its almost a month since you posted, but I would boot in to safe mode, remove the display drivers and install an older version of the driver. For instance the driver that was released before the latest one.
This has done the trick for me a few times with other hardware!
Best regards
Andreas Molin
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