On 28 Jan 2006, at 20:54, Mike Karthauser wrote:
Thats what i thought but it isn't that. When i found the setting it was not checked. i enabled it. shutdown. rebooted. i tried a few permutations of this but to no avail. its also very slow to respond to cd's.
It sounds like the Power Manager has gotten confused. This happens on PCI PowerMacs. Unplug the mains and pull out the PRAM battery, then leave it a few hours. That clears every last drop of info out of the NVRAM. If you don't fancy that try zapping the PRAM first. I've had machines of that era refuse to even turn on, refuse to shut down and fire up but not boot before now. Yanking all power to the board and leaving them to stew cured em all. I think it's a sign the PRAM battery may need replacing, or replacing it (if you did so recently) has lead to partial loss fo the PRAM contents or corruption.
It's a bit of a 'cure-all' for PCI Powermacs that one - worth any Mac person knowing.
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