At 04:00 -0400 05/01/2002, Neil Pollack wrote: >Hello, ever since my last system freeze, I get nothing but the flashing >question mark. I even have a system CD in the tray, so I know that >there is a good boot disk. Isn't the flashing question mark supposed to >indicate that there isn't a good boot disk? Can it mean something >else. Bad ram? My next step is to pull out everything but the original >video card, CD drive, and dimm and see if I can boot that way. That's >a hassle. Thanks,
It could be a loose or bad SCSI cable to your CD. This would seem even more likely if your boot disk is on the same cable--cable issues cause system freeze and then prevent working of CD. Also, again if your disk and CD are on the same SCSI chain, if the hard drive went south, it could be preventing proper functioning of the SCSI chain. Sometimes a failed SCSI device does that. A happier possibility is that you simply have something misconfigured on your SCSI chain and hte chain has decided it's not going to work anymore. In my opinion, that scenario is the true source of the belief in SCSI voodoo. It's not that SCSI doesn't work when it should, it's that it sometimes works when it shouldn't and then when it stops working, folks wonder why their misconfigured system that worked "perfectly before" suddenly stopped working for no reason. Anyway, it may not be any of those, but there are some possibilities that seem like they would be consistent with your symptoms. Jeff Walther -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | SPECIAL SM LIST PRICES - 24x Bootable SCSI CDROM $39.99, Umax Processors $19.99 PowerSupplies from C500/C600 $49.99 J700/S900 $79.99 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> 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]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
