It almost sounds like you have the CD drive and your hard drive sharing the same drive ID. Usually the 1st bootable hard drive should be on ID0 and the CD on something else. You might want to check this first.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Vaughan, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 11:25 PM Subject: 7500 with startup issues > I've got a 7500/G3 that's had startup issues for a while, and I'm finally > getting sick of it. It's a server computer, so it generally is running > full-time. If the power is running and it's operating fine, usually if you > do a soft restart, everything is fine and it starts up just fine. If the > power goes out or it somehow gets shut down, though, watch out. You'll boot > it up, and it will just sit there -- screen will come on, but no drive -- > doesn't even seem to even be looking for a drive. Reboots later, it's still > not finding a drive -- no ? disk, just not really concerned about finding a > drive to start up with. > > I've found that if I put in a startup CD, and can get it to start up off the > CD (which can take several reboots in and of itself), once it's running > again, if I soft reboot, it will search for and find its startup drive. But, > like I said, even with a CD in, it still may or may not find the CD to > startup (even with the C button pressed) for SEVERAL reboots. I've tried > resetting the PRAM, and that doesn't seem to have any affect on anything. > Every once in a while, it might find the startup drive without starting up > with a CD first, but it's VERY, EXTREMELY rare. Doesn't matter if I start > it up from the keyboard or from the button on front, and it doesn't matter > if I hard reboot or even shut it down completely and then try to boot it -- > it just isn't really worry about finding a startup drive. What's the story, > and how do I fix it? > > -- > 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:pci-powermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> > Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > > > -- 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:pci-powermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
