> > Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 06:16:51 -0800 (PST) > From: dale spear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --- "J.S. Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I need help restarting my s900. I only get a grey >>> screen (no smiley mac ). Must shut down, then >> restart. >>> >>> I have 9.1 on a separate partition to 10.1.5. No >>> problems with restart for 10.1.5. >> >> I had this problem with a Macintosh 8500 running >> O.S. 9.1. >> >> The "fix" was to replace the motherboard. Something >> happened to it >> that it would boot to a muddled video output and >> refuse to reboot, >> just hanging at a gray screen until I forced it to >> shut off. >> >> Jeff
The Apple 8500 has Video on the Motherboard the S900/J700 does not. So the issues are different on different machines.The fact that the machine works in OS X means it is very unlikely the motherboard is the issue . Check out Robyn's post for somethings to try. Will S PS. How do you boot from OSX to OS 9.x? I find that when in OSX holding down the option key and rebooting gets me into OS 9.x every time. -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
