Hello, I was given an MDD to fix up. The MDD came with no hard drive, no memory, and no PRAM battery. I took a hard drive, memory, and a PRAM battery from a good working QS, and put it in the MDD to try it out. The MDD booted and ran normally. I then put everything back in the QS, and ordered replacements from the LEMSWAP list.
When the hard drive and memory came, I put them in the MDD, booted off of my Tiger DVD, and installed 10.4 on the hard drive. Then I installed all of the updates through Java 9. After all of this was done, the MDD still booted and ran normally. Today the new PRAM battery arrived. I put it in the MDD, which up until now had not had a PRAM battery in it. I then powered on the MDD, it chimed, and then did nothing for what seemed a long time, with nothing showing on the monitor, then suddenly started. I removed the PRAM battery, and started the machine without it. The MDD acted exactly the same, which really made me wonder. So, I put the PRAM battery back in the MDD. I shut the MDD down, then rebooted, holding down the Command- Option-P-R keys until the MDD chimed a 2nd time. After this, the MDD acted exactly the same as before I did this. I shut the MDD down, then rebooted, holding down the Command- Option-O-F keys until I got the Open Firmware prompt. I typed: reset-nvram (return) received "ok" set-defaults (return) received "ok" reset-all (return) MDD rebooted. This also made no difference. I tried different memory - this made no difference. I timed it. I press the power button, the chime sounds, the screen remains blank. Nothing further happens. Exactly 2 minutes later, (something times out, allowing the boot to resume?), the screen goes grey, next the Apple appears, next the spinning wheel under the Apple appears and spins. Suddenly the blue screen appears, and the boot finishes quickly. Once booted, the MDD acts normally. Suggestions anyone? Thank you, Bruce Sugarberg --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
