Shaun,
The first thing that I'd do is to put a new battery in to remove that
as a possibility. Otherwise the flaky results may just a symptom of a
missing battery and may not be some deep dark unknown problem. The
battery's internal resistance may be a part of the circuit that allows
the pram memory element to work, even when external power is on. I've
seen it in other circuits.
al
....
On Jan 25, 2006, at 6:55 PM, Shaun Reynolds wrote:
Hi Mitch,
Thanks for the reply. I tried double-clicking, as you suggested, and
that didn't work right off. However, I clicked about 20 times in
succession, and that seemed to do the trick. Ironically, I could have
sworn that I tried that before but it didn't work.
Now, I just tried to see if I could change the pattern again, and once
again, it's stuck. Hmmm....
-Shaun
On 1/25/06, Mitch Gagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
that is an odd problem, i usually double click on the little desktop.
On Jan 25, 2006, at 5:21 PM, Shaun Reynolds wrote:
Since there have been no responses as of yet, I thought I'd elaborate
on the problem.
I used Apple's Network Access Disk to boot the CC, then ran the
formatting software (HD SC Setup 7.3.5) and the generic 7.1
installer.
So the hard drive was wiped and a fresh system was installed. When
the
system install was finished, I popped the System Enabler into the
System Folder, then restarted. Everything (but the desktop pattern)
works just fine.
When I go into the General Controls, I can cycle through the
patterns,
however when I click on the little desktop, the pattern simply
refuses
to change from the default grey. Now, even without a PRAM battery,
should not the pattern be able to be changed? I know that the system
is acknowledging the requests, because the hard drive will access
when
I click a different pattern.
Could there be remnants of System 7.5.3 on the hard drive? Should I
run some sort of drive wiping program and try reinstalling?
Please let me know if I should provide more information, though I
can't imagine what else to say.
Thanks,
-Shaun
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