Oh yes, I forgot to mention that I did zap the PRAM, but it did not do anything at all ! Trashed quite a variety of Preferences, several times actually, but still no change (original problems still existed). The only thing that seemed to fix my problems were reformatting both IDE HDs many times !!!
-- va >Peter wrote: > >>Actually, it is all UATA cards and all PCI Macs ... but the 7300 appears to >>be affected more than the others. >> >>The card is not being registered properly at restart time. >> >>One way to force this is to make an emergency boot floppy, one which contains >>a valid system file and a valid finder file ... not necessarily for the 7300 >>... I usually use MacOS 7.5.3 ... and then try to boot from that emergency >>floppy. >> >>The boot floppy will be rejected because it isn't for the 7300, and the MacOS >>will tell you to restart the machine. >> >>When you press restart, the floppy will be ejected, the machine will go into >>restart, and when it comes back the UATA card will be properly registered. >> >>If not, then the UATA card probably isn't properly seated. >> >>I believe the PRAM is getting confused, but simply clearing the PRAM won't >>fix the problem ... you must successively boot from another drive, preferably >>the floppy, to get out of this problem. > >Peter, that's brilliant! > >Thanks, >Terry -- -- : - ) - Vern Andrews - - - - - Oregon Trail Descendant < mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > < mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ~~~ < mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Andrews Research & Education ~~ http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/VernAndrews/ http://members.fortunecity.com/vernandrews/indexresearch01.html -- 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
