On Tuesday, Mar 25, 2003, at 01:23 Europe/Paris, Edwin Boyer wrote:
> I've posted this problem before and there have been no solutions so > far. It > started when I installed the Sonnet G3 450 Crescendo card in the PCP > 240 MT. > All was fine at first then "the problem" started: No restart from > keyboard; > Chime, black screen. Shut down from power button on the box, restarts > OK. > Sonnet reworked the card and was OK for a short time, then same thing. > Returned again, replaced with G3 500 card, same thing. > Meanwhile, I reclaimed my PTP 225 with PowerLogix 400. Switched the > Sonnet into the PTP and Powerlogix (now at 480) into the PCP. PCP is as > before, the PTP gets a little "burp" of a chime then hangs. Shut it > down > manually, Boots OK. > Here's what I've tried: Zapped PRAM, even removed the ROM battery > for a > hour, battery checked OK (3.68 v), ran all the Techtool Pro 3 tests OK, > installed latest FWB HD drivers, Ran DiskWarrior. RAM is 384 MB for > PCP, 448 > MB fir PTp, which I DEinterleaved. At this point I'm just "living > with it" > but I'll try any suggestions. TIA, Ed > ******** Robert Baucom at Tom Humpdreys wrote: Have you tried eliminating the Ramm dimms by substitution until you find the possible bad one? I'm writing this on a PCP240MT with a Sonnet 500 G3, thats been in this thing since the Sonnet Board was introduced. No problem. Also like the suggestion you do a clean install of the OS. ALWAYS suspect the S/W. I have found very few of my problems were hardware. Like unto 1/10 of the time. Reading Mark Willan's suggestion brings up another item you may have neglected in the board installation proceedure. Did you remove the Cache Dimm, like the instructions mandated? That will cause some problems RHB -- 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
