A couple of minor suggestions. First, I didn't see you say you tried shift-booting with your hard drive, though I doubt that will work based on your other problems. Second, do a regular or shift boot but leave the computer on all night. I've had experiences in the past where after a particularly bad crash the computer needs to think about it for a long time, where I think long = about 20 minutes, but I would just check in the morning to be sure. Sounds like a memory chip gone bad, or something like that. If you have more than 1 memory bank, you might try reversing them, or removing them 1 by 1.
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Power Computing List) > Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 15:31:07 -0500 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Power Computing List) > Subject: Power Computing Digest #860 > > I've already tried the following: > > 1. Boot from Mac OS 9 CD-ROM (nothing happens). > 2. Reset PRAM (same result only now I see a bigger Smiley Mac). > 3. Retry boot from HD (several times). > 4. Retry boot from Mac OS 9 CD-ROM (several times). > 5. Try (and retry) boot from original PowerComputing CD-ROM (OS 7.6?). > 6. Unplug power, let it rest a few minutes, unplug all external peripherals > (except monitor), check / reseat all internal connections (including RAM), and > then retry the various boot procedures described above. I did this several > times > too. > > All I ever see is Smiley Mac except when I do the 4 finger salute to boot from > CD. Then it shows the floppy disk icon and the floppy disk icon with the "?" > on > it for a few seconds as it tries to boot from the CD. Finally I just see ol' > Smiley Mac again. It never gets past that point. > > On the positive side, it does respond the the mouse before I see Smiley Mac, > and > it does respond to the keyboard combinations for restart, CD-ROM boot, and > PRAM > reset, so I know the machine is not totally dead. It's just refusing to boot > from either HD or CD. > > Any suggestions for getting it to boot again? Thanks in advance! > > Bob Conway -- 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> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
