> >Booting into Open Firmware should NEVER be taken as a good sign or >something to be just gotten around. > >Try unplugging the SATA drive and see if it boots normally into the 80 >gig drive. If it still goes to OF, remove the SATA card and see what >happens. > >If it still boots onto OF after that, unplug every device but the >keyboard mouse and monitor, if it STILL boots into OF try a known good >keyboard and mouse. > >At that point if it still boots into OF, remove the PRAM battery, >press the cuda switch and leave it for a half hour or so. > >Press the cuda switch once again and put the PRAM battery back in. > >now with just the keyboard/mouse/monitor attached try booting.it >should go to the flashing question mark..if it does, start adding the >devices in one at a time. > >If it STILL boots into OF at that point, get a new motherboard, >hope what took it out didn't take down your video and SATA card as >well... > >-- >Bruce Johnson >University of Arizona >College of Pharmacy >Information Technology Group > >Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs
Thank you Bruce. I got as far as "If it still boots onto OF after that, unplug every device but the keyboard mouse and monitor, if it STILL boots into OF try a known good keyboard and mouse". Now I have to borrow a known good USB Keyboard. I should mention that the computer will not shut down or Start from the Keyboard or from the front panel "ON" button and when I shut down from the Finder I have to pull the Power Plug and re-insert to start, which it does on "Plug In". Also when I "shutdown" from the Finder the front panel light stays bright until I pull the plug. Sounds as if some Hardware or control software is broken. Hopefully just corrupted. I can Restart with the Finder and with Cntrl-Cmd and Keyboard "ON" but not from the Front Panel Button. It was a cloudless day but sort of warm for Everett also it had been hot for three days previous. So I suppose a transformer overheated and the blew opening the Mag Current and sending a massive voltage Spike through the area. Old saying: "there is not enough time or money to do it right so later you have to find the time or money to do it over". :-$ :-( Ernie --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
