At 10:57 AM -0800 on 12/4/03, Timothy Virkkala wrote: > >I'm setting up some older Macs for a community computer center. One is >giving me some rather odd problems. > >It is a 7500 with an xlr8 300MHz upgrade card. > >The odd thing about it is that it is slower than molasses starting up. I >don't mean, however, the system (OS 9.1) start-up, which is pretty normal. > >I mean, opening up the first window, AFTER start-up. I turn the thing on, >and double-click the hard drive icon, and... five minutes later the window >finally opens. If I haven't already restarted the Mac out of frustration. > >Nevertheless, it does get going, after a while. And behaves rather well most >of the time. Programs open up from aliases nicely. Etc. > >Anyone come across this before? > >The machine only has 68MB of RAM, so that may be a problem. I'll be going to >the center in a few moments, and I'll check to see what other problems it >may have.... > >t
Yes I have (on an ibook with OS 9.1) and it was because it was trying to connect to a network server that wasn't there. 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
