WOW! High-tech stream of consciousness. James Joyce had nothing on you, Terry.
Cross-linked files should have been found and corrected by DiskWarrior or Norton. Corrupted Finder prefs will not corrupt the Finder. Throw the Finder prefs in the Trash and reboot the computer. The Finder will create a new prefs file when it starts up. After Mac is completely up, empty the Trash. I'm still betting on the battery, though. It's probably on its last legs. Symptoms of a bad battery are no chime, date usually gets set back to August 27, 1956 (or 1904, depending on how old the Mac and the OS are), color settings lost, and, in its final throws of death, the display will go black. The duplicate files...I don't know. Maybe corrupted disk directories. But DiskWarrior should have fixed that. I suppose a power supply problem isn't out of the question, but in my experience, unlikely. PCs are more susceptible to bad power supplies than are Macs. Anyway, if you have access to a meter, you can check the voltages coming out of the supply. You should have +5, +12, -5, and -12 volts (within a tolerance of about 8%) on various pins of the connector. herb Terry Graham wrote: > Many thanks! > Herb and Mr. Illovox > . . . of the hydrodynamic amplifier > and Bruce > > Wasn"t as stupid as I thought and did most of those scenarios > you've laid out. . . > I tried C-key boots through 4 good booting CD's - Warrior, etc. > The OS 9 Panel would come up, start to fill, after a quarter inch > seem to stall. . . (going after extensions?) > Then it starts trying to load extensions, > It mounts these extension icons: > Apple Guide, and two of those quick time lightening extensions, > then nothing but the boot CD's unique desktop, the cursor > and the bare-bones time of the day - The clock time seemed eratic? > the cursor not frozen - extension icons gone. > > Zapped the PRAM. (disconnected the SCSI external first.) > > Here's a clue MacSleuths > > With each subsequent attempt at re-entry > (tried the "disable the HD"- keyboard commands too) > the startup chime got fainter and fainter till inaudible. > > If it's the Pram battery I'm not long for this world! > > The Finder prefs. heads-up I like. . . > Cause I did install a finder but I hadn't heard from him in ten days > as he worked away with Illustrator10 . . . and 250 RAM?? > Says he's looking at 3 lost hours of design work that he had neglected > to save. . . . he's used to his Power Tower Clone never crashing on 8.6. > > Is it possible that if the finder Prefs were seriously corrupt > and I changed the Finder, but negled to change the prefs, that the > faulty Preference file could have corrupted the new Finder file- > as well as remained damaged itself? > In which case if I change the Finder Prefs I should change the Finder (again). > I did replace the Preferences once for sure, but BEFORE I replaced the Finder. > > Some kind soul said, "CROSSED FILES". . . I like it!! > Warren mentioned his accidently doubling up on his > Illustrator vector files. . . . As you now know, he does those things, > yet if you look at his website you can get an idea of how well he knows > Illustrator. > > So anyway still not even inside, and waiting for Radio Shack to open. > Could a G3 B&W be that dependent on the Pram Battery. > > Learn and Live, > > Thanks men, > I really appreciate the greatness in Lowend Lists > with their fearless and trusty leader > Dan Knight. . . > > I can hear the cheers already! > > Terry -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
