Have you tried resetting PRAM? Techtool is probably the best way to do this.
Thanks for the replies (the several); sorry for the lag.
I did zap the PRAM deeply, 7 or 8 chimes. I am not sure that TechTool does much more than that.
The unit has lost it's time/date when I first booted, but it is holding it now. It has been plugged in for a few days, I'll try again and see if the charge (date) holds.
I do not recall seeing "write 0's" or similar options in Disk Utility on the 8.5 CD (whatever it's called), but I did replace the disk driver.
I have not tried a Norton low level scan, I can do that. I still need to see if I can find which extension (if any one) is making the finder die. I'd be a little surprised if it is a HD error though, given that it persisted across a reformat- that bad spot should have a different file on it, or maybe even got mapped out (only if a write failed I guess, read could still be bad).
Thanks for the replies;
Brian --
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