Of this: > Simplify. > > Eliminate all external peripherals, except the keyboard, mouse, and > monitor. > > Eliminate all add-in cards and all other internal peripherals, except > the boot HD and CD-ROM and Floppy drives. > > Boot from a Mac OS CD. > > Run processor and memory and bus diags for umpteen hours, such as > those in PowerControl. > > If that works, then start working on software. A clean Mac OS > installation first....
Oddly, you may find that OS 8.x just doesn't work well on your computer. OS 8.6, which ran almost flawlessly (or, as flawlessly as any pre-X Mac OS can run) on my 6100 and 7100's, kept on giving me niggly hang-ups on my 7600/G3 hybrid. OS 9.x works MUCH better. I've had none of the problems 8.6 kept on giving me.... Other than, after adding more memory, having my AudioVision 14 Display black out and sound off. (Because of the coincidence of timing - simultaneous with my memory upgrade - I thought I'd fried the mobo video, because my PCI video for my main monitor - a KDS Xtremeflat - worked fine. But no. The monitor is indeed dead. Just strange and crappy timing.... My explanation for Mac Hell is "sometimes crappy things happen, and they're as inexplicable as the evil on Buffy the Vampire Slayer." - t "I know . . . I know . . . I use too many elipses. . . ." -- 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
