Mark Gerber on 9/11/04 said >There was a time (Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 10:50 AM) >when A-NO-NE Music said this thing: > >> >>>Have you restarted your computer holding down those three buttons that >>>reset PRAM? >> >>Just for a clarification. >>Parameter RAM is BIOS which parameter is needed before OS load, mostly >>CPU communicating hardware. You want to reset PRAM/NVRAM when your >>peripheral such as display and/or I/O devices is acting weird. >> >>Since WorldROM Mac (Tupper G3), PRAM has been replaced with OpenFirmware, >>which also includes NVRAM. Apple is still honoring Cmd+Opt+P+R to reset >>OF. However, if you know CUI for OF, you can reset it thoroughly. >> >>-- >> >>- Hiro >> >>[PROTECTED] >><[PROTECTED]> <[PROTECTED]> > >I'd wondered if resetting PRAM would be a good idea for the symptoms I've >suddenly been experiencing (occasionally startup items won't load after a >restart, applications suddenly quitting, one or two kernel panics in the >last few days, and the no-drag problem I mentioned at the start of this >thread). Hiro's message leads me to believe that it won't help in this >situation as it doesn't seem to have anything to do with peripherals. Am >I understanding this correctly?
Just try it and see if it fixes anything. It certainly doesn't hurt anything to try it, and it is usually the first thing Apple Care will tell you to try if you call them on the phone. Also don't forget to fix permissions. -- Barbara Needham
