Well, I reinserted the personality card, unplugged the Mac (didn't remove the PRAM battery, though), and held down CUDA button for five seconds. When I turned the Mac back on, I finally got the startup 'bong' I'd wanted to hear, but one of the hard drives sounded like it was undulating in speed constantly (emitting a rising high-pitched whine, stopping, then emitting another rising high-pitched whine, and so on). I reset it, then zapped the PRAM settings five times, and after that, the OS9 happy Mac icon came up for a split-second, then disappeared, and the computer proceeded to load OS X instead (as it had been doing shortly before the reset). Once again, I'm stumped. Any ideas? -Adam
-- Adam Vaughn Collector of old computers, video game systems, radios and other electronic equipment... Visit my page at http://www.electronixandmore.com/adam/index.html > on 7/25/05 4:31 PM, Bill Judson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Sometimes the sound gets lost on beiges when you're doing work on > > them...check the seating of the personality card. Also, there is a > > possibility it won't boot in 9, as you say, if you've pulled the card > > out, although there's no mention of the need for it in the Apple > > documentation that I've seen. > > > > -- > > > > Bill > I brought a mute iMac back to conversation recently by re-setting the CUDA > button. I've been told that you need to have power plugged in to make this > work, but my experience is that it works best with the cord unplugged and > the p-ram battery removed. You probably won't be beset by locusts for trying > it both ways. > -- > All the Best, > > R.A. Cantrell > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visit R.A.'s Old Mac (mostly) Stuff @ > > http://tinyurl.com/vfvn > > > -- > 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/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.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> --> 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
