>> I got my G3 beige last month from eBay. The seller listed it as G3/266 >> 32mb RAM which boots slowly (more than 5 mins to fully load to 9.1) >> but he claims it might be due to the overclocking to 333mhz. Found out >> later the CPU is rated at 300 and reset the J16 jumpers back to this speed. >> It still boots slowly but I couldn't aim for a reinstall because it did not >> come with a boot CD so I took a peek at the extensions folder which were >> loaded with drivers for PCI cards that were pulled out prior to the auction. >> I figured this was causing the long boot. I turned off all the unnecessary >> extensions and it still took long to boot. Finally I resorted to unplugging >> the >> G3 from the power outlet, removing the battery, then pressing the CUDA >> button. At last I got the G3 to boot at the normal time (more than 1 min but >> less >> than 2 mins) and is presently running with 9.1 installed. Hope this >> experience >> can help you solve the problem with your G3. >> >> Bobby >> Manila >> >> It takes my G3/315 with 224MB 1 min 30 sec. to fully load >> to the desktop OS X. And 1 min 20 sec. for OS 9.2.2 >> >> Louis >>
Thank you guys for your info, Earlier on I got the advise to do a clean install of the OS, my mistake in writing, I didn't reinstall, I installed new . I tried zapping the PRAM on boot up, it didn't change anything. Had a 6200, it started up fast, have still a 6500, the startup is fast. Also when I got this G3, it started up much faster. When the extensions coming up to load, they loaded on my old machines many at once, on the G3 they loading one by one in slow motion. When I launch an applications, first the name of the application comes up on top of the screen and it needs some time before the window of this application comes up to load, later work on any application looks like normal speed. Finder? With this machine I got a 3 gig HD, I can hear how it reads and writes, clicking, slow and sometimes faster, is it possible that this SCSI HD is slow and near to death? Will try the advise of Bobby. Any advise is welcome. Franz Bangkok -- 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
