Robert, Did you just add more ram? I upgraded mine to 1GB recently and even though i turn off the memory check at the beginning, it still took forever between 30 secs. and 2 minutes for the black screen to flicker on eventhough it would boot.
now interestingly, i've just had to tinker around and mess up my system and needed to reformat my main drive. i've rearranged the drives, adding another ide to my current ide and running with the default 2gig scsi. oddly enough, the computer boots fine now without the long delay. so for me, it may be software related. you might want to strip your machine down to the basics and see how that works. for instance, if you have a boot volume on the SCSI, boot from that with the IDE drives unconnected. and like eric said, take out the ram chips to the base. basically, startup your umax as it was when you bought it. see if there's a problem a that point. then add pieces to your system. perhaps even boot with just the SCSI CD and no harddrive. if it boots up at this point, add the hardrive... etc. or just let it run and wait for the 1-2 mins. i have read that older biege machines may take that long to start. --- "Eric J. Leopold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 21, 2005, at 3:21 PM, Robert Kay wrote: > > > My Umax Supermac s900L ran with out a hitch for 8 > years. Suddenly it > > would > > not boot up. All power lights go on and all CD > drives, IDE, and SCSI > > hard > > drives are powered-up. The monitor remains black > and no startup > > chimes are > > heard. I have checked the usual things like > connections, lithium > > battery > > power, memory seating, trying to bypass the > startup drive etc. Any > > suggestions? Could it be a bad ROM chip? > > > > > > > > Thanks, Robert Kay > > > > What OS do you have Robert? Your troubles may be a > bad memory stick. > Good luck. > Eric > > > -- > 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/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
