At 11:54 PM -0400 on 7/12/03, Kevin wrote: > I have my 8600/300 scheduled to start up at 3:00 PM everyday. It has >worked fine for the past 2 months. I noticed this week, though that for the >past 4 or 5 days it has been locking up at the OS start up screen. I >haven't made any changes to the system, so my first thought was the Pram >battery. Would a bad Pram battery cause this or could it be something else? >Thanks for any light you can shed on this problem. >-- >Thanks > >Kevin
A little more information on your system and OS may be helpful. When you are having problems it never hurts to zap the Pram (but you may need to reset a couple of things afterward), re-build the desktop, and run Disk First Aid. How far do you get on startup? Do any of the extensions load? What happens when you restart after locking up? What happens if you try starting up manually (instead of scheduling)? As far as the battery is concerned, I understand some Macs have problems booting with a bad battery. I work with a couple of 5400s and a Performa 575 with dead batteries. As long as they are connected to a funtioning outlet, you would never know about their battery. If you lose power, unplug them, or turn off their power switch then you lose settings such as date/time and AppleTalk. That's a minor annoyance on the 5400, but the 575 (which has some external SCSI devices) sometimes has to be restarted a couple of times to get back in sync with everything. You might want to check this out: http://www.polar-orbit.com/downloads/PRAMCheckerInstaller.hqx jim -- 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
