Tim Roberts wrote: >A couple of questions if I may. They both are as a result of some >problems I ma experiencing with startup on my 9600/ g3-450. OS9.1 > >1) Virtually every time I start up, the screen freezes just at the >point where the startup disc appears. A friend suggested starting with >extensions off - works well - and then pulling the preferences folder to >the desktop and re-starting. This works but really I'd like to know how >to isolate the problem rather tha usig this method every time I start up. > >I have tried using conflict catcher but it seems to be giving >contradictory results. > >I have also tried using techtool and diskwarrior, but any improvement >lasts until the next startup. > >2) the second question is kind of related because when I re-start with >the prefernces folder on the desktop, of course the settings are gone. > Is there any way of getting the macjine to remember some settigs. I >particular I would like it to remember TCP/IP as I have to re-set that >to use the adsl modem. and the monitors. Some admin keystrokes when I >open those panels for example?
Hi Tim, Following what Bruce and Scott contributed, the following is an expanded version of Joes advice. I wrote this before reading the other suggestions :-) Go to your extensions manager and make note of the name of the "set" you are 'trying' to use - or go to File or Edit and rename the set something like "trouble set" or whatever. Then select the set from the popup, "OS 9.1 All" and restart. If your machine boots up fine you now know that an extension or a Control Panel that was in your original "set" is giving you trouble. (If it didn't boot on "OS 9.1 All" try "OS 9.1 Base".) "Duplicate" the "OS 9.1 set and rename it "post boot trouble set". Now you can start turning the extensions back on in that new set that you least suspect are to blame for the booting trouble. For example, if you turn 3 of them back on, restart, and the computer fails again then one or more of the 3 you just re-activated is to blame. Converseley, if you came to be really suspicious of a particular 3rd party extension, switch to your original troublesome set and turn those prime suspects off and restart - that would save time and the restarts as you add extensions back to your "post boot trouble set". Any changes in the Sets require a restart to incorporate. What is the last icon to appear before the HD icon (the clock?) and what would be the first one following that startup disk's appearance (if it didn't freeze)? Think about the last item in the lower icon parade; the time sychronizer extension re. auto daylight savings setting; Norton file saver or some such activity. . . ?? Cheers, 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
