At 10:53 -0500 1/25/04, John F. Scipione wrote: >Like I said before my clock keeps time fine but for some reason my views setting and >mouse speed setting do not seem to keep when I restart. Could I need to replace the >PRAM battery?
> Also, I just recently connected an external SCSI disk and now when I start up I get > the happy face, and then it resets, then it makes a noise faintly like a beep but > not quite, then resets back to the happy face. If I turn the external drive off it > boots normally. Both are PRAM associated. Change that battery. At boot the system first looks at the SCSI ID set in PRAM which is probably 0 but may well be something else if the battery is dead or weak.. If it fails to read it starts with ID 6 and works down finding the first disk with a usable System Folder. -- --> There are 10 kinds of people: those who understand binary, and those who don't <-- -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
