Hi All, My C600/240 has just started misbehaving and I am hoping to hear from our learned fellow members, in the hope of solving this problem.
Since I have acquired the C600 to replace my deceased C500, it had been running very well, even on a "mule" hard drive from a 5400 of 1.2GB for software installation testing purposes. The two pieces of 64MB FPM RAM and the Matrox Millennium II card were inherited from my 6360 which had been a paragon of reliability (which has since found a new home), and I have also substituted an original Apple CD-ROM drive to eliminate the need for third-party drivers. I partner it with a Sony E200, 17" monitor which is adequate for the job, driven by the Matrox at 1024X768 resolution, but on start up, it always starts with 640X480, then switches back to 1024 which is pretty much normal for non-Apple monitors anyway. After putting the C600 aside for a week as I attended to other businesses, when I boot up from cold it freezes at the "Welcome to MacOS" splash screen at 640X480, displaying the bomb alert panel saying that it has a bus error, and recommends me to restart with extensions off, and it starts up successfully sometimes after another restart. Sometimes the bomb alert is stuck when still blank, and occasionally the blank bomb alert even pops up when the monitor has been switched to 1024X768, meaning that the Matrox extensions had already been loaded. Having checked everything numerous times, even changing the CD-ROM drive to another identical one, and substituting the hard drive with a known good one also by IBM, having it zeroed out and have MacOS 8.6 reinstalled, the problem persists. TechTool Pro 3.0.5 tested all hardware and software and found nothing unusual. I am feeling very apprehensive, because symtoms like that also preceded the demise of my C500. Would anyone be able to point me at the right direction? Thank you so much. Sam. C600/240, with original Asante ethernet card, with latest driver compatible with OS9.x Matrox Millennium II "Mistral" video card, with latest firmware and driver MacOS 8.6 Original Apple CD-ROM drive 2X64MB FPM RAM to make 144MB -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
