On Jun 24, 2009, at 11:15 PM, Bruce wrote:
> > Len Gerstel wrote: >> >> On Jun 24, 2009, at 6:03 PM, Bruce wrote: >>> snip >> >>> 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. >>> > Have you tried starting up with cmd-V (I believe that's right) to see what the log displays? where it is hanging up at Startup? or just look at the system log to see where the 2 minute gap is? Does it do a RAM check at Startup, when a new PRAM has been cmd-opt-P- R'ed? Is the startup disk ATA connection good? Have you re-seated the AGP Video card and maybe PCI cards? or removed any PCI cards? blown out any dust in the slots? Is the PRAM battery inserted in the right direction? Does it have Airport connected? well? Really just Guessing ... Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
