on 5/25/05 9:28 PM, Eric Ladner at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a misguided attempt to fix some weird behavior by Apple > programs--Address Book Cards wouldn't display, Mail wouldn't do > automatic checks--I reset the PRAM. Now I can't start up at all. I get > the chime and a little bit of disk access noise, then nothing. Black > screen. > > Sonnet G4 450, 1 meg RAM, 2 internal SCSI drives, has been humming > along happily on OS X 10.3.9 for some time, until these strange > problems started last week. > > I've tried: > Holding Option at startup to try to get into OS 9 > Holding Shift at startup to try a "safe start" > Pressing the CUDA switch > Removing and replacing the CPU board and pressing the CUDA switch > > Any suggestions before I go to the extreme measure of reinstalling the > original processor? > > Many thanks! > --Eric Ladner > Try starting up from the cd drive. If you can get it going with a start up disk in the cd drive, you can check the rest of the machine.
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