G5 outdated firmware cause app's to crash?

Reinstalled the offending software yes several times. I haven't run the apple hardware test recently but when I did I was getting an inconsistant memory error. On one run it found nothing wrong and on another run it found something wrong . I will try running it again to see if picks up anything

Reran the memory test 3 more times and got no errors (6hrs run time total). If its the memory then the errors are very intermittent. I am not ruling out a memory problem but spending the money on a 7.5 year old G5 on a hunch.....I already had to retire another G5 for an overheating issues and other problems. I will continue to use the computer until it either completely fails or can afford a new Intel based Apple. If anyone comes up with something thats not going to cost a lot, please pass it along. Thank you Kaz-k and BDAqua for your input I very much appreciate it and your time. Kaz-k I couldn't get the Apple hardware test to run from the DVD. I ran Techtool pro and it came up with nothing. To paraphrase from Isaac Asimov's iRobot the "Ghosts of the machine" seem to be in bad mood.

Thank you again and I didn't meant any disrespect with the hunch remark.

Yes I agree that the memory is part of the equation. Unfortunately I don't have other memory readily available to find out and I am hesitant to spend money to get new memory $120 to equal what I have in the system from a reputable company to find out there are other issues with the computer. Safari, Adobe acrobat reader and full version, a couple of solitaire games, aperture (crashes once in awhile), iTunes (not often) have crashed regularly. Safari and acrobat are the worst ones of the group and it still happening even after the recent OS reinstall at the begining of July of 2013. I have a real good idea about most of Safaris crashes and those are related to the outdated Flash plug-in, the non flash plug-in crashes....... go know, your guess as good mine.

Remember I am running a PPC-G5 with OS 10.5.8 and the last version of Safari I can use is 5.0.6 and flash 10.x. Firefox 3.6 which I had to stop using because it refused to run even after reinstalling it multiple times. I do clean out the internet cache files out on regular bases. At least once a week.

I will try Sea monkey and tenfourfox. I have tried the hacked version of flash player and ............... I can't repeat it in an open forum like this. Thank you for your input and I will update you when I get the chance on whats going on.

Downloaded and installed tenfourfox, so far so good but I will have to run it for a couple of weeks to see what happens. SeaMonkey 2.19 won't run on my computer because its strictly for 10.6 and Intel based Macs. When you mentioned seamonkey it sounded vaguely fimilar and when I went to its website it had Mozillas (firefox) name all over it. I kind of remember trying it out a long time ago when they had it for the G5 system and having problems it running properly but thank you anyway for the advice.

Well.......bad news at least for getting online. Both tenfourfox and Safari are refusing to go online, on the rare occasions they decide to access the Internet it takes them an especially long time to get to anywhere. It's NOT my Internet connection. My PC and my mothers Intel based Macbook pro get online with no problems. Well looks like the computer is now designated for photo editing and word processing only. The crashing app's for now is at a minimum. I will need to invest in a new computer by the end of the year or sooner.

???? I had to restart the computer to get it back online but this is only a temporary fix. My Internet connection and WiFi router are fine Klaus. If it was an Internet connection problem I would be having problems with 2 other computers and an iPhone. My Router is capable of handling up 10 people accessing all a once. I am using Xfinity broadband. My problem is with the computer both in software and hardware. The Adobe flash plug ins are causing the browsers to crash regularly but this is not the whole cause of why I am having trouble accessing the internet with these browsers.