Imac is running so so so so slow,

Question

Level 1

0 points

Imac is running so so so so slow,

Hi I'm new to this, if anyone can help me that would be so appreciated,
Ok my Imac 24 is heading up to 4 years, has worked well up till 6 months ago, I'm mainly using PS, and really just the basics, mail, safari etc.
About 6 months ago I began to get the "Grey screen of death" every so often, then more frequently,
I have run disk repair from the start up disk and that seemed to make the crashing less frequent.

But now, the computer is running so slowly, starting up takes 10 minutes then take s another 10 minutes to open any application,
I am continually getting these 2 messages in the console system log (here is a copy of about 1% of it.

Apr 4 16:13:23 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: disk0s2: 0xe0030005 (UNDEFINED).
Apr 4 16:13:30 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
Apr 4 16:13:33 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: disk0s2: 0xe0030005 (UNDEFINED).
Apr 4 16:13:38 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
Apr 4 16:13:43 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: disk0s2: 0xe0030005 (UNDEFINED).
Apr 4 16:13:46 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
Apr 4 16:13:52 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: disk0s2: 0xe0030005 (UNDEFINED).
Apr 4 16:13:54 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
Apr 4 16:14:02 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: disk0s2: 0xe0030005 (UNDEFINED).
Apr 4 16:14:02 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
Apr 4 16:14:10 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
Apr 4 16:14:11 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: disk0s2: 0xe0030005 (UNDEFINED).
Apr 4 16:14:18 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
Apr 4 16:14:21 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: disk0s2: 0xe0030005 (UNDEFINED).
Apr 4 16:14:26 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
Apr 4 16:14:30 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: disk0s2: 0xe0030005 (UNDEFINED).
Apr 4 16:14:34 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
Apr 4 16:14:40 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: disk0s2: 0xe0030005 (UNDEFINED).
Apr 4 16:14:42 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
Apr 4 16:14:50 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: disk0s2: 0xe0030005 (UNDEFINED).
Apr 4 16:14:50 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
Apr 4 16:14:58 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
Apr 4 16:14:59 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: disk0s2: 0xe0030005 (UNDEFINED).
Apr 4 16:15:06 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
Apr 4 16:15:09 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: disk0s2: 0xe0030005 (UNDEFINED).
Apr 4 16:15:14 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
Apr 4 16:15:18 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: disk0s2: 0xe0030005 (UNDEFINED).
Apr 4 16:15:22 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
Apr 4 16:15:28 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: disk0s2: 0xe0030005 (UNDEFINED).
Apr 4 16:15:30 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
Apr 4 16:15:38 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: disk0s2: 0xe0030005 (UNDEFINED).
Apr 4 16:15:38 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
Apr 4 16:15:46 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
Apr 4 16:15:47 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: disk0s2: 0xe0030005 (UNDEFINED).
Apr 4 16:15:54 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
Apr 4 16:15:57 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: disk0s2: 0xe0030005 (UNDEFINED).
Apr 4 16:16:02 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
Apr 4 16:16:07 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: disk0s2: 0xe0030005 (UNDEFINED).
Apr 4 16:16:16 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: disk0s2: 0xe0030005 (UNDEFINED).
Apr 4 16:16:17 nik-philpotts-Computer kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.

Any help would be fantastic.

imac 24", Mac OS X (10.4.11), 2.16 intel core 2 duo

Posted on Apr 3, 2011 11:25 PM

Reply

Answer 1

roam

Level 6

13,631 points

Apr 3, 2011 11:29 PM in response to so slow mac

Hi and welcome to the Apple forums.

Jut a wild guess but maybe your Graphics chip has a problem.

You could run the Apple Hardware test CD, that came with your iMac and have it check it out.

Reply

Answer 2

so slow mac Author

Level 1

0 points

Apr 3, 2011 11:42 PM in response to roam

Yeah I have run that , but no problems were found.

Reply

Answer 3

Apr 3, 2011 11:56 PM in response to so slow mac

How much memory do you have on your Mac?

I had a similar issue, thinking perhaps it was OS 10.6, my mac is only 2 years old, but then I upgraded from 2 to 8 Gigs of memory. It really helped a lot in having many apps open at same time and the speed at which it loads now too. Maybe bad ram?

Ram is real cheap, got 8 gigs for my model for 100 bux (crucial.com) and put it in myself, if you don't know how to upgrade it, just go to youtube and search it, took 3 minutes.

-Rafi Ahmadi

Reply

Answer 4

so slow mac Author

Level 1

0 points

Apr 4, 2011 12:38 AM in response to Rafiullah Sayed Ahmadi

I do only have 2 gig, but still a fair bit of space left on there, I understand that beefing it up will make it quicker, but think it will probably just mask the underlying problem that is happening.

Reply

Answer 5

so slow mac Author

Level 1

0 points

Apr 4, 2011 5:39 AM in response to roam

Hi there I ran the hardware test again and got the following error
4MOT/2/40000004:HDD

any ideas?

Reply

Answer 6

WZZZ

Level 6

13,220 points

Apr 4, 2011 6:02 AM in response to so slow mac

Looking around, it seems to indicate the Hard Drive fan. But with the slowness you are reporting, it might also be a dying hard drive. Get iStat Pro to see temps and fan speeds.

http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatpro/

Might try an SMC Reset. Shutdown, unplug the computer, wait ten minutes, then press and hold the power button in for a good five seconds, then connect to power and restart.

Message was edited by: WZZZ

Reply

Answer 7

roam

Level 6

13,631 points

Apr 4, 2011 6:02 AM in response to so slow mac

Looking at this topic;
http://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=11140223
It appears that the error is with the Hard Disk. Or maybe just the fan as WZZZ writes.

However assume it is the HD and if you haven't already, _back up your data in case the HD fails_. Backing up to an external drive is the traditional method.
A correctly formatted external drive and a copy of SuperDuper is a fairly sound arrangement. Other methods are also possible.

Give an Apple store/reseller a ring tomorrow to get a quote on a HD replacement, to give you some idea of the cost.

Reply