Jack, I cannot boot into Verbose or Single user mode with XpostFacto. The machine will hang at the green screen and not boot.
If anyone knows of a video card(s) that has been used consistently with no issues in Power Computing systems running OSX, specifically Powercenters, please email me. Another problem is that Software Update does not seem to work. After installing 10.1 it says I'm up to date on the first try, then errors out on all subsequent tries. Thanks, Tim On 7/25/02 10:15 PM, "Jack Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday, July 25, 2002, at 05:33 PM, Tim Maloney wrote: > >> I have a Power Computing Powercenter 132 with a 300 G3 upgrade card, 304 >> megs ram,8 meg IMS video card. VSY ATA/66 ATA card with Western Digital >> 30 >> gig 5400 rpm drive. e2x Apple rom ATA cdrom, 4x Sony stock SCSI cdrom. >> >> Two issues. One is that the scsi cdrom no longer mounts when a disk is >> installed. I have tried different terminated, unterminated, I've moved >> those >> little black things to every pin and tried it with no pins covered, >> nothing. >> However, it boots from an os9 cd when there is one in it at boot time. >> >> The ATA cdrom is not bootable. >> >> Second issue is that once OSX is installed, the beachball that appears >> in >> the left hand corner at boot time, stays there after the mouse appears. >> SO I have a spinning beachball stationary in the left corner where it >> first >> appears, AND a separate mouse that works normally. > > Can't help on the CD Rom issue, mine works fine. I have a Power Tower > Pro with a G3/400 upgrade card. I'm running OS X 10.1.5 using XpOSFacto. > From the original installation I have always had the extra SBOD in the > upper left hand corner, partially covering the Apple menu. Does not > affect any operations. > > I was told originally by a friend at Apple, that upgrading to 10.1.4 > would cure it. Nope, nor 10.1.5. You can get rid of it by booting into > the verbose mode. I have queried Ryan Remple about it and there's no > good idea what causes it. It's been reported previously, but not > consistently. > > One suggestion is a possible issue with the video card? (I'm still > running the original tt128) but ti hasn't been enough of a problem to > justify trying another video card. > > Other than the extra "Spinning Beachball of Doom", I am very pleased > with X on this machine. My CD Rom is a Teac 16 x as this unit originally > shipped with the 8x Phillips, which had a bunch of problems. Power > Computing replaced with the Teac under warranty and it's been working > fine ever since. > > The extra SBOD is good for freaking out co-workers, so it has some use. > <G> My current guess is a corrupted font file somewhere. I intend to > explore that, just haven't got around to it yet. > > Jack Russell > -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
