Jan wrote: > battery is OK and is >installed the correct way (I've checked each time). > >Voltage of battery in circuit, computer plugged in: >3.53 volts.
>Plugged back in & restarted. Same problem. (Also, if I >have another drive other than ID 0 selected, it >defaults to 0 to start up.) >Earlier, after plugging it back in, I tried zapping >the pram on a cold start, expecting to get the monitor >reset, etc, but it didn't. It zapped, the computer >started to go through the process of booting but >stopped near the very beginning. (I don't know at what >screen, if any, because the video never came on.) I >restarted it and everything worked ok (even the date >was ok.) Also, the monitor settings are ok and the >computer even comes up with the fact that i'm located >in Honolulu. > >Zapping the pram after not unplugging it loses the >video & the machine sounds like it stops booting. >Restarting restores computer. > >Note: In between all this, I reset the CUDA (30 sec) >and although the date reset, the video came up ok. I'm not sure I follow all of the above, but here's another possibility. You have upgraded your ram, and one of the side effects is longer boot up from cold start as the machine does a memory check. If one of the dimms exhibits a flaw the boot process is interrupted ie hangs. You can disable this memory check by holding down the command option keys when you open the memory control panel, and turn off the memory check via the control panel that appears (OS 8.5 or later) If the symptons disappear, than the culprit may be with ram rather than the pram. Cheers...Michael from sunny Vancouver Canada... -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
