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iMac Software update 1.3

For those affected by iMac (AL) freezing issues, do you have 3rd party RAM installed?

  • Yes

    Votes: 50 17.3%

  • No

    Votes: 77 26.6%

  • N/A (not freezing, don't have an aluminum iMac)

    Votes: 162 56.1%
  • Total voters
    289
Lets see, 1 soft kernal panic related to the ATI driver didn't catch which app, 1 frozen mouse on wake from sleep.

iStat Dashboard widget hell in Tiger, switched to iStat Menu, had menucracker issues under leopard -- removed istat from my life.

Ran the update prebinding to work on the Throttling respawn issue.
 
I'm curious

Maybe someone could do a poll on when and where their machine was made and if they have problems or not?

I'm thinking that it is a faulty batch that came out, I remember a tread that gave a link on that which I did before I upgraded to OSX.


For those that continue to have problems return them it is unacceptable. Mine seems to fine though.
I've been running iTunes visualizer in spaces, CC3 in another and safari on another one and so far no problems.

20" iMac 2.4, 3 gigs of ram.
 
I do not know understand what some people are doing here but after my Leopard update the freezing stopped. I just updated and did some of the things that made my mac freeze and I did not experience any freezing.

I did not upgrade but instead made a clean install also my mac only froze a few times under tiger.
 
IChing said:
Maybe someone could do a poll on when and where their machine was made and if they have problems or not?

I'm thinking that it is a faulty batch that came out, I remember a tread that gave a link on that which I did before I upgraded to OSX.
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Well, mine was made in the first week of October so unless the batch lasted from the first week of August until the first week of October I don't think that is going to help.

pcorajr said:
I do not know understand what some people are doing here but after my Leopard update the freezing stopped. I just updated and did some of the things that made my mac freeze and I did not experience any freezing.

I did not upgrade but instead made a clean install also my mac only froze a few times under tiger.
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If your Mac only froze a couple of times under Tiger, you probably didn't have the same or as serious an issue as the rest of us. At one point mine was locking up 4 or 5 times a day.
 
Dear Apple

Dear Apple,
Why don't you just seed the updates to a few of the consumers first and then we'll give you feedback and let you know that what you are doing isn't helping one effing bit? What's the point of releasing software that doesn't fix the problem?

My iMac has been stable after Leopard but I'm not installing these updates...
 
mattbray said:
Dear Apple,
Why don't you just seed the updates to a few of the consumers first and then we'll give you feedback and let you know that what you are doing isn't helping one effing bit? What's the point of releasing software that doesn't fix the problem?

My iMac has been stable after Leopard but I'm not installing these updates...
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They are supposed to 😉
 
I got my iMac on Sept 7th from an Apple Retail store - it was a exchange, the one i ordered on Aug 19th had a broken iSight - and on neither of the two computers have I ever had the graphics freeze, and I really hope I'm not jinxing myself by saying so. Should I install this update or wait ?
 
Good timing for me. I've just spent the week going through apples phone support process. Yesterday we agreed to return my 2.8Ghz 24" to a apple service centre for repair. I've booked it in for Monday.... so I've got the weekend to try out this update.

Overall I'm still happy with my purchase. Its a great machine when it does not hang. That being said this has confirmed in my head that I need the support contract extended it 3 years.
 
Interesting discovery...


Removed my extra 1GB stick of crucial memory....

Tried to get it to freeze for 30 minutes... Couldn't. Still noticing artifacts though. Primarily in Time Machine.

Reset the PRAM and now I am trying as hard as I can to get a freeze or even artifacts... Been trying for 20 minutes and nothing...

Artifacts used to be soooo common. They would appear every 10 secconds in Time Machine...



Maybe a PRAM reset is in order after the update?


I am going to put my RAM back in and see what happens.
 
I had the freezing (very) intermittently under Tiger. After running Leopard for a couple of days, it's returned with a vengeance.

I get lockups sometimes just after boot, using Time Machine, just moving the cursor around the screen, doing just about anything. It's even locked up on the login screen!

Interestingly, Windows XP (in the bootcamp partition) is working just fine. (This is very embarrasing, given that I convinced my wife we should get a Mac due to its inherent superiority. My reputation is in tatters - thanks, Apple.)

Has anyone had freezing crashes/problems running Windows in bootcamp? If not, wouldn't this indicate a software (and not hardware) problem?
 
I would say yes

Nick12QB said:
I got my iMac on Sept 7th from an Apple Retail store - it was a exchange, the one i ordered on Aug 19th had a broken iSight - and on neither of the two computers have I ever had the graphics freeze, and I really hope I'm not jinxing myself by saying so. Should I install this update or wait ?
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I'm running 2 visuals programs in spaces, iTunes and just the opening table for the CC3 game plus safari in the third.
I got higher graphic bench scores also after the upgrade. So far so good.
 
wakerider017 said:
Interesting discovery...


Removed my extra 1GB stick of crucial memory....

Tried to get it to freeze for 30 minutes... Couldn't. Still noticing artifacts though. Primarily in Time Machine.

Reset the PRAM and now I am trying as hard as I can to get a freeze or even artifacts... Been trying for 20 minutes and nothing...

Artifacts used to be soooo common. They would appear every 10 secconds in Time Machine...



Maybe a PRAM reset is in order after the update?


I am going to put my RAM back in and see what happens.
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Eager to hear about this.
 
wakerider017 said:
Interesting discovery...


Removed my extra 1GB stick of crucial memory....

Tried to get it to freeze for 30 minutes... Couldn't. Still noticing artifacts though. Primarily in Time Machine.

Reset the PRAM and now I am trying as hard as I can to get a freeze or even artifacts... Been trying for 20 minutes and nothing...

Artifacts used to be soooo common. They would appear every 10 secconds in Time Machine...



Maybe a PRAM reset is in order after the update?


I am going to put my RAM back in and see what happens.
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Very interesting. I anticipate the results.
 
So if we have an iMac that's not experiencing freezes this update wouldn't possibly make it actually START freezing would it? I wouldn't want to screw up a good thing I've got going, haha!!
 
teiresias said:
So if we have an iMac that's not experiencing freezes this update wouldn't possibly make it actually START freezing would it? I wouldn't want to screw up a good thing I've got going, haha!!
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Doesn't look like it from the discussion on the Apple board. Have a backup handy, however.
 
teiresias said:
So if we have an iMac that's not experiencing freezes this update wouldn't possibly make it actually START freezing would it? I wouldn't want to screw up a good thing I've got going, haha!!
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Reports indicate that you're probably safe. I haven't seen anyone cry havoc about 1.2/1.3, though obviously it was 1.1 which caused the problems to manifest for many of us, so you never know. 😀
 
mattbray said:
Dear Apple,
Why don't you just seed the updates to a few of the consumers first and then we'll give you feedback and let you know that what you are doing isn't helping one effing bit? What's the point of releasing software that doesn't fix the problem?

My iMac has been stable after Leopard but I'm not installing these updates...
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My 24" was ordered on 8/7 (release date) and manufactured between 8/13-8/19. I have not had any freezing issues at all to date in either Tiger or now in Leopard. I've tried doing some of the things that some experiencing this problem say cause their iMacs to freeze such as switching around the menus in Front Row, etc and running screensavers and no freezing, no artifacting, no problems.

I installed the 1.3 iMac Update because I always install all driver/firmware updates that Apple releases and can notice no changes at all.

I know this problem exists for quite a few folks and I AM extremely sympathetic and DO care. I still wonder if this is a software or a hardware issue though. Maybe we should start comparing what software we are all running on our systems to see if there might be some common factor on those WITH the problem as opposed to those without.

I'd be glad to help any way I can. I can understand how frustrating it must be.

I ordered this machine with 1x1GB of RAM and have upgraded it to 2GB with 1GB I purchased a while back and had been using in my previous 20" Core Duo iMac.
 
Further testing.

Put my crucial ram back in... (2GB total now)
Started the computer and opened time machine...
FREEZE in 4 seconds


Took both sticks out and put the crucial in the #1 slot (1GB total now)
Started the computer instant artifacts all over the desktop, opened time machine...
FREEZE in .5 seconds

Put my apple ram back in again... (1GB total now)
Started the computer and opened time machine...
NO FREEZE in 5 minutes...

This looks like the RAM has something to do with it....

How many freezers are running aftermarket ram?





One thing I am still seeing in Time Machine even with just the apple ram, is like lines flashing across the screen. Not so much artifacts but more like chunks... I guess you could say glitches....
 
Software Update problem

I just ran Software Update for Leopard on a 24" iMac running at 2.8 GHZ. When I restarted it (as asked), it seems to have erased my hard drive! The Getting Started window pops up. I go through whole registration process and it returns me to the beginning window. I tried to call Apple help, but they are closed. Any ideas? I'm fairly Mac savvy, but have no clue what happened. I back-up all the time, so I haven't lost anything, but what a pain! Anyone else have any problems?
 
SaSaSushi said:
My 24" was ordered on 8/7 (release date) and manufactured between 8/13-8/19. I have not had any freezing issues at all to date in either Tiger or now in Leopard. I've tried doing some of the things that some experiencing this problem say cause their iMacs to freeze such as switching around the menus in Front Row, etc and running screensavers and no freezing, no artifacting, no problems.

I installed the 1.3 iMac Update because I always install all driver/firmware updates that Apple releases and can notice no changes at all.

I know this problem exists for quite a few folks and I AM extremely sympathetic and DO care. I still wonder if this is a software or a hardware issue though. Maybe we should start comparing what software we are all running on our systems to see if there might be some common factor on those WITH the problem as opposed to those without.

I'd be glad to help any way I can. I can understand how frustrating it must be.

I ordered this machine with 1x1GB of RAM and have upgraded it to 2GB with 1GB I purchased a while back and had been using in my previous 20" Core Duo iMac.
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Ok. Stock 10.4.10 erase and install. The only other program added was WoW. Machine is a stock 2.4 20" 320G and the RAM was replaced with a 2G stick from CanadaRAM and a 256MB stick from my mini (Hynex).
 
Run memtest86 on that ram. I have two sticks of 1GB crucial in my iMac and I've yet to have a freeze.
 
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