It's counting each of those 192mb of RAM. Hold down the cmd-option keys and open the Memory cp. You'll see an option to turn off the RAM check at startup. That will speed it back up.
Jim Matt Peacock wrote: > Hi all, > > My beige G3 (8GIG, 192MB, Rage Pro, Rev C ROM) seems to take AGES to > actually start loading the OS (9.0.4, i know i know), as soon as I hit the > power i get the chime, but then a long wait (after 5 seconds black or so the > monitor pings from "standby" to "on" twice), then HD spins up, happy mac and > normal startup. If I zap the PRAM, it seems to load faster once, but after > restart, back to slow again. > > Anyone else have this problem, and any suggestions? > > Thanks, Matt > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
