DO you happen to have two OS versions in the same partition? One of them might be corrupted or the Mac doesn't know which one to start up from. Another reason could be that you have two partitions each with OS, the one you've selected in the "startup disk" control panel is the one that the computer searches for first, however it sounds to me that it is corrupted or lacks something, then the mac looks for another partition to start from.
My two pennies ;) Liliana "Vaughan, John" wrote: > What's it mean when you reboot your Mac, and it's found the hard drive, but > not gotten to the OS splash screen yet, but then it reboots itself again > without your help. My weird 7500 does that, too, and I'm guessing it means > something bad. In other words, I get the first chime, the happy Mac shows > up and thinks for a while, but before the OS9.1 screen shows up, it starts > over and I get another chime and whole process starts over again. (And just > to show I'm not stupid -- NO, I'm not zapping the PRAM when this happens). -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
