I don't rememer if you said you tried this, but if you are lucky, as PRAM reset (the 4-fingered salute, not the more involved procedure below) will work. If not, then you can proceed to follow Will's advice.
-Robyn On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 11:31 PM, Will Schou wrote: > Nick, This does indeed sound like "The Black Screen of Death" which it > is if the problem started after trying to load an OSX CD Disk or any > messing around with OSX in general. > The fix is simple. Turn the machine off, remove the battery and be sure > to unplug the machine so it has no power going to it. It is common for > people to miss the last point. > Leave the machine set for a min of 12 min or longer. Hold the cuda > switch down for 30 sec plus, Replace the battery . plug in and push the > cuda for luck one more time. At should now boot into OS 9.x Will S -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
