My first guess (and it *is* just a guess) is a corrupted preference. Try trashing the finder preferences first. Next try trashing keyboard preferences. Ditto the USB preferences. (You know... another thought... Run RAM-o-meter on it and make sure that you didn't have a stick of RAM go wonky on you. I seem to remember...)
Good luck. Jim Amber Rhea wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Well, I am officially stumped. (And quite frustrated, too!) Friday at work > I was called to look at a blue and white G3 that was "locking up" > according to the user. > > I went to the person's office and sure enough, the computer wasn't > responding. I could move the mouse cursor, but couldn't click on anything > or use the keyboard. Three-finger salute restart didn't work, so I > restarted from the button on the case. Booted fine, went through the "Your > computer did not shut down properly..." screen. When the desktop appeared > I opened the hard drive, was looking around, then tried to click on > another icon... nothing happened. Same as before, I could move the cursor > but clicking would not work and neither would the keyboard. > > I zapped the PRAM and restarted. Same thing happened - the screen would > "lock up" (for lack of a better term) a few seconds after startup. I > booted with extensions off and did not have the problem - I sucessfully > "moused around" for several minutes just to be sure. Next, I turned on > MacOS 8.6 Base Extensions and rebooted. The problem re-appeared. Just for > fun, I tried a new keyboard and mouse. No luck. > > I ran Norton Utilities. (Before anyone says anything bad about Norton - I > KNOW. But the department does not have a copy of TechTool or any other > diagnostic utility for Mac). It found an error - multiple system folders. > Turns out there was a system folder on there from 8.5, probably left over > from a clean install. Other than that, no errors. I trashed the extra > system folder and rebooted - problem still occurred. I decided to do a > clean install of OS 9.1 (I was supposed to upgrade the OS eventually on > that machine anyway). It booted from the CD with no problems (also no > problems when I booted from the NU CD). > > I did the clean install and rebooted. Problem was still there! I started > with extensions off - no problem. Started with MacOS 9.1 Base - problem is > back! I opened the case to make sure the CPU wasn't overheating, and of > course it was not. I reseated the RAM and video card, and > unplugged/replugged all connections on the motherboard. Guess what? > Problem was still there when I rebooted. > > I have no idea what could be causing this. I've never seen anything like > it. It just started happening yesterday, and according to the user, she > hadn't done anything out of the ordinary with the computer beforehand. In > fact, it had been sitting on the floor of someone else's office for > several weeks and had just been set up in her office the day before. > > Any ideas? I would be forever grateful. Thanks in advance! > > -- > **** Amber Rhea **** > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://tangerinecs.com/~amber > > /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign > \ / No HTML/RTF in email > X No Word docs in email > / \ Respect Open Standards! > > -- 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> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
