Hi Jerry, OK, I've removed the PCI cards, disconnected all peripherals except the monitor and keyboard/mouse. I rebooted from the OS 9 CD and did a clean install and uninstalled and reinstalled my sonnet software. Rebooted leaving on only the Sonnet extension and..........same thing it does every time. It gets to where the extensions should load and freezes! No icons come up. The only way to get the computer to boot at all is to turn the extensions off and the turn of the Sonnet extension. My metronome is still clocking the processor at 250. This is such a pain. I guess sometime tonite I'll try to rebuild the desktop (I've never done this.....maybe it will work....I doubt it though.) I'm also going to try removing the card and setting it back in place. This is such a pain. I have a feeling I'm overlooking something frightfully obvious. Argghhh! Thanks for the suggestions. The USB PCI card is a Belkin by the way. I removed it this time but no luck.
Tiffany > [Original Message] > From: Jerry Yeager <jerry at browseryshop.com> > To: <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > Date: 5/13/2003 6:07:18 PM > Subject: Re: MacGroup: Sonnet blues > > Hello Tiffany, > > Try the following: > > Make sure your version of Sonnet's software is the latest for the=20 > Crescendo L2 Card that you are installing: =20 > http://www.sonnettech.com/downloads/proc_upgrds_sw.html#ce > > Shut the Mac down. > Remove all PCI cards out of the Mac. > Disconnect all peripherals from the Mac --- weeeelllll leave the=20 > monitor plugged in :^). > > Start the mac up, holding down the shift key (I think that is the one=20 > to start with extensions turned off- it has been a while since I worked=20= > > in OS-9). > Do a clean install of OS-9 followed by a fresh install of the Sonnet=20 > extension. > > Restart. > > > If you are okay at this point, begin carefully adding peripherals etc=20 > back in. (Keep in mind that you can use extension-manager control panel=20= > > to control which extensions and Control Panels get started at boot up=20 > time. It might be prudent to only allow the base Apple ones plus the=20 > Sonnet one to start until you narrow things down). > > After a shutdown, put the PCI cards back in one at a time. Note: OS-9=20 > will inform you about USB devices etc that it finds attached and has no=20= > > drivers for. It will even offer to go to the net and fetch them for you=20= > > after you get a connection to the net. > > > Jerry > > > ps. Who makes the PCI USB card? Some of these cards require software=20 > updates for them to work properly (that is not crash the system --=20 > which is odd as OS-9 has a lot of USB support built in! > > On Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at 04:44 PM, Tiffany Cox wrote: > > > > > Howdy all, > > =A0 > > =A0=A0=A0=A0I figured since I got so much help here before when my = > 6500/250=20 > > had it's little operating system problem, perhaps I could find answers=20= > > > here again. Like I said, I have a 6500/250 and bought a Sonnet=20 > > Crescendo G3/400MHZ upgrade card for it. I installed the software for=20= > > > it, pulled out the guts took the cache out, pushed the little white=20 > > button they told me to push, put in the card and put the guts back in=20= > > > the computer. I then turned the machine on and It gout to where it=20 > > starts to load the extensions and froze. I rebooted with extensions=20 > > off and tried to take them out 1 by one to try to find a conflict but=20= > > > this was taking a very long time so I took all the extensions out of=20= > > > the extensions folder, and tried moving back in one by one to see what=20= > > > the hold up was. It boots ok with just the upgrade extension as far as=20= > > > I can remember, but it doesn't seem to be compatible with any of my=20 > > other extensions!! This is a pain in the rear! I can't figure out for=20= > > > ! the life of me how to get this thing running. I've been running it=20= > > > with the extension for the card in a separate folder for a while and=20= > > > just playing games on it till I can get my patience back to work with=20= > > > it again. In the meantime I'm using my peecee to get online. I want my=20= > > > Mac to work! Help! > > =A0 > > =A0=A0=A0=A0In case there's any incompatibilities that should be = > obvious I'll=20 > > list what I can remember installing on=A0the bad boy. > > =A0 > > -6500/250 > > -OS 9.1 > > -recently switched 2 - 32MB DIMMS for 2- 64s > > -recently installed USB PCI card with camera and printer - I unplugged=20= > > > both prior to installation of upgrade card > > -US Robotics 3comm 56k external modem * > > -UMAX scanner > > -I don't know what the sound system is on it but I got one of those=20 > > big box thingies that my speakers plug into (subwoofer?) I assume it's=20= > > > plug and play....don't know much about it but I don't think=A0=A0there=20= > > > would be any incompatibilities.....but as you can tell I'm no expert. > > -The main programs I run on it are Appleworks, Earthlink, and of=20 > > course the OS; everything else I run off of CD. > > -Oh and my favorite......recently had trouble with 8.6=20 > > freezes.......did a clean install from a 8.0 CD....freaked out=20 > > contacted the mac group upgraded to 9.1 ;) > > =A0 > > I think that's it.....oh yeah the *......I am aware that there's a big=20= > > > deal surrounding the goeport modems that came with the computer and=20 > > upgrade cards. I vaguely remember trying to get rid of that thing when=20= > > > I was installing the external modem. I'm pretty sure I've got rid of=20= > > > all the software associated with it. I can't remember whether I=20 > > trashed it or uninstalled it however. All I really know is that I got=20= > > > my 56k to work by plugging it into the printer port......only recently=20= > > > figured out all you have to do is take a little round piece of plastic=20= > > > off to access the modem port.......although I still haven't got my 56=20= > > > working on the modem port. It's amazing I still have a computer. ;)=20 > > Any help would be appreciated. > > =A0 > > Thanks, > > =A0 > > Tiffany > > =A0 > > =A0 > > --- Tiffany Cox > > --- xocynaffit at earthlink.net > > --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet. > > =A0 > > > > > > --- Tiffany Cox --- xocynaffit at earthlink.net --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
