At 23:42 -0400 06/29/2002, Nancy Haitz wrote: >I have disconnected and reconnected PCI cards, drives, and memory. I >tried the CUDA a number of times. And, I even pulled the PRAM battery >for about 30 minutes. > >Apologies for the lengthy post. > >Any suggestions out there?
On the bright side, you're still getting the startup chimes so the machine is probably okay mechanically/electrically. The first thing I would do is this bizarre start-up ritual. Hit the power button and then (very important) *before the chimes finish sounding* hit the cmd-opt-p-r combination. The goal here isn't the zapping of PRAM. The goal is that for some reason the PRAM zap combo pressed while the chimes are still sounding seems to bypass some of the start up procedure and get the machine going when it has symptoms like yours. This is the only thing I know that cures the XLR8 CPU software/PowerLogix E100 Enabler incompatibility. You don't have the E100 Enabler in the system folder on that machine do you? The E100 Enabler incompatibility is not limited to machines with E100 cards or even S900s. Any PowerSurge class machine (x500, x600) will behave like yours if the E100 Enabler is in place and Speculative Prcocessing is disabled in the wrong order. The above solution is a long shot, but it's the easiest to execute. Assuming the above fails, I would pull out all your PCI cards except the video card and disconnect your SCSI cables at the motherboard. Then hit the CUDA switch. Then try rebooting. BTW, what CPU do you have in there? One possibility is that an overclocked CPU card is sometimes good for only a few seconds before it overheats--just long enough to chime, but not long enough to activate video. So, if your CPU card could be overheating, you might adjust it's speed down or try a different one. Fourth possibility is that you may have some bad RAM. You might pull all your RAM and install a stick that you know is good. If this solves your problem, test the RAM that was in the 9600. 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! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> 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]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
