What kind of video card is installed? The boot delay sounds alot like what happens with some flashed pc Nvidia cards.
On Jun 24, 6:03 pm, Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
