on 9/16/03 3:51 PM, Nolen Scaife at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > OK, I tried booting it with the shift key held down, and here's what > happens. I get the standard "extensions off" during the "Welcome to > Macintosh" screen. However, after a few seconds, a progress bar > appears at the bottom of that window and fills up, then the window > disappears. It's during this time that I would assume it's going to > start Finder, however it never does. With extensions OFF, it no longer > locks up. The mouse still moves about the screen, but the Finder never > loads. > > I had originally thought that this SE/30 did not have a hard drive > installed in it when I got it, but upon opening it, I noticed that it > did. I replaced it with a known-good drive and replaced the cover. > Same problem. I put the drive that was originally in the computer in > an external SCSI case and it worked just fine. So I figure I can rule > out any kind of hard drive problem. I also have an external SCSI drive > that boots my Mac Plus, but won't boot my SE/30. Is this an issue that > could be a dead PRAM battery? Is there a problem with my logic board?
What you just described sounds a big chunk like a bad System Folder on that internal hard disk. Boot your Mac from a floppy if your floppy drive works. See what version of the System and Finder you got on that hard disk. Replace them with same-kind stuff from another drive. Jeff -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
