It's a new school year and here we go again! I volunteer at a local small school that has a very mixed bag of networked Macs, all slowly going to iMacs.
Slot load Tangerine DV model (500 MHz?) in a school classroom setting can't get a DHCP address from the server, AppleTalk may or may not work, may or may not boot, hangs just before the hard drive shows usually. Even with the CD if it accepts the 'c' key which is about every other or so time. May or may not shut down also hangs just after desktop is cleared. Can 'force quit' the finder and things move on usually. Even with a fresh Apple only install. Overall slowness, pauses every so many seconds. Ran OK last school year, or so I am told. Items done already: - Have moved it to a known good connection cable set. - Have run Tech Tool Pro for hardware issues and none currently show. - Hard drive reformatted (zeroed) and OS 9.2.1 installed - PRAM zapped (start w/program button pressed?) Hard drive was cleared for other reasons, and it did cause an improvement in the problem for the starting and shut down but not completely. Does all of this seem possible just because of a weak/dead PRAM battery? I've not known Macs to get so temperamental for lack of a battery to this degree. Usually the date and such and occasionally a black screen. TIA Ken -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
