Quadra 840AV startup problem

2003-02-05 Thread debkmaillist
[cross-posted to the MacAV list] Hi, My mom has had a Quadra 840AV for about 4 years. It has worked fine for her basic needs -- mostly email and AppleWorks, some Photoshop 3. It has 56mb RAM, a 2gb HD, runs OSv8.1 During the past few months, it has begun taking longer and longer to boot

Re: Quadra 840AV startup problem

2003-02-05 Thread Clark Martin
At 1:13 PM -0600 2/5/2003, debkmaillist wrote: [cross-posted to the MacAV list] Hi, My mom has had a Quadra 840AV for about 4 years. It has worked fine for her basic needs -- mostly email and AppleWorks, some Photoshop 3. It has 56mb RAM, a 2gb HD, runs OSv8.1 During the past few months, it has

Re: Quadra 840AV startup problem

2003-02-05 Thread E McCann
No updates or anything lately? Has it been moved? I had (have) an 840 that did the same thing (sort of) - except it would sit for about 15-20 minutes, give a crash chime o' doom, then restart / start up normally after that. I recall replacing the PRAM, giving the cables a good re-attaching,

Alarm clock program

2003-02-05 Thread Don
Greetings fellow listers; Can anyone make any recommendations of any good alarm clock programs? I have numerous clock programs, but nothing I really like as an alarm clock.Thanks Don -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Quadra 840AV startup problem

2003-02-05 Thread Dan Palka
I've noticed that my G3 has begun to take a very long time to start as well. 5 minutes, even if I do a restart from the pull down menu. 5 minutes no matter what. and 5 minutes of just a gray screen, with nothing. Then it comes to a folder with a blinking question mark for about 20 seconds,