Hello List! I'm back up and smiling about it for the most part. I wanted to extend my gratitude to this generally most civic and helpful list! There were, as I've often experienced from the sidelines to other's problems, quick and useable suggestions to combat the ills at hand. In my case, that of a bronze Lombard crippled by a crashed install, it was the PRAM reset that did the trick. Thanks, to the individuals with the great experience and will to help and thanks the list for, ummm, existing in the first place. (Yeah, LEM)!.
Now, if I could only grant my wife, who's Powerbook needs to only host M$ Office and Internet Explorer the stability I was dreaming of when I went through all the trouble of reinitializing and reinstalling. So, let me ask this: Shouldn't our PB 333 (running 9.2.2, native 4.6 GB HD, 320 RAM, Ethernet SOHO, OCR reader peripheral) actually be rock solid with these basic components and this configuration?? To my dismay, after cleaning up the crash, zeroing the HD from CD (again), reinstalling 9.0.4->9.1->9.2.1->9.2.2 (again) I still kept having freezes and crashes with only: Office 2001 IE 5.1 Stuffit6.5 and a smidgen of tiny other control strip apps and one addition contextual menu plug in (Shomi - the best!!) I also went through all the extension (which I know pretty well, I feel) and deactivated all the ones I knew I wouldn't need (ie. Multiple Users, Speech, Color Synch, etc.) To no avail ----any (more) advice anyone??? Does anyone think I should move her to Jagwire? ( I could with a firmware update, I think) Thanks again, JB > On 3/31/03 2:41 AM, "John Beringer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The horrible thing now is that I can't get it to boot from CD! I've >> restarted with the CD pressing the "C" key and no go. Instead it boots only >> to a partial system showing me the "happy mac" icon, but not doing anything >> else. How unhappy! > > First things first, zap the PRAM. It's entirely possible that something went > wrong and screwed up the PRAM settings, which can cause unexpected behaviors > similar to this. > > <command-option-P-R> during boot. Hold these keys down until you hear the > computer's startup chime three or four times in succession. Then try to boot > from the CD again. > > Sincerely, > > Scott > -- > "Me Fail English? That�s unpossible!" -Ralph Wiggum -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
