> Have you tested your memory? The prom (Open Firmware) runs a memory test from > cold-boot to check the mem - 45 secs or so of black screen w/784 meg and two > 604e/200. If you cmd-ctl-power or wait or turn off startup tests - as you've > found - it will boot normally. I know from experience that a bad stick of ram > will cause it to hang indefinately. Do you have something scsi to boot from - > or a boot floppy or CD that would eliminate the ata card from the equation and > let you determine if the firmware is finding fault with the memory? > > just some thoughts, > > Tom > > > It sounds to me as if you have one or more bad DIMMs. It could be something > more complex (it could always be something more complex) but freezing with > memory test enabled, and working with it disabled or after a restart is a > classic symptom of a bad DIMM. > > Jeff Walther
To respond to both Tom & Jeff, it has always booted from cold start just fine with any of the SCSI drives. Absolutely no problems when booting to scsi with Memory Test on. Why would that be? The problem seems to have been more directly associated with the ATA card & the delay from the Memory Test. The problem has only been occurring for about two months too. For the first 4 months I've had the ide card, all worked fine on this issue. It also didn't Freeze or hang in the usual sense on cold start. The ide drives spun, video signal was there, the ide drives just didn't go through the System start up procedure. I will run some ram tests anyhow just to be sure there isn't some tweaked anomaly. Thnx, Dave -- 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
