Hi all I've got a weird problem here with my J700. When I access the menubar, for any function, the box locks up. So far I have:
Unplugged, removed clock batter, done CUDA dance zapped PRAM repeatedly removed flakey hard drive when it died, taking all my email with it :-((( installed compllete, new OS 8.5 9 (from scratch) and 8.6 update with apple disk tools formatted IBM 4 gig SCSI drive tried with M$, Netscape, Mozilla I can launch apps with it, capture video etc. and the problem happens with either the 604e or the new 315MHz G3 card, regardless of its cache being on or off, or at what speed. Its an older G3 card, so its bus is maxed out at 45MHz, this box runs 55MHz all day with the 604 card. I tried it at various bus and CPU speed combos, same deal. Is there a ROM in this box, and can it be corrupted? Can I reflash or remove it, and if I stick a powermac ROM in the system folder (as from a later MAC) will that take the place of the built in one? IIRC the menu bar stuff is all in the ROM, and thats the only area that ever malfunctions. Thanks Bolton -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
