Hi Antonio, My system is totally not the same as yours. PM 7500, with G3 Crescendo. However, during my difficult, challenge-filled installation, my system OFTEN stopped being able to wake up the monitor on boot. Even on my final, successful, install, this happened. This was always solved by zapping the PRAM, which I would be very surprised if your Sonnet technician didn't ask you to try it, but you didn't mention it so here it is. Almost everytime I installed X, the very next reboot would fail to wake the monitor. Zapping the PRAM would always fix this -- hold down option-command-P-R on reboot, it will cause another reboot, and let this cycle happen 3-4 times before you let go of those keys. Of course, after zapping the PRAM I would then have to reboot in OS 9 and rerun the Sonnet OS 9 volate RAM patch afterward -- since this patch is made to PRAM. However, my system was able to boot fine before I re-applied the patch, so long as the RAM was zapped.
I was working solely with XPostFacto. No Sonnet PCI X Installer. That is why I had to boot into OS 9 to re-apply the patch. Therefore, even if you have the Sonnet PCI X Installer, if you wish to try to replicate my results, I suggest you ignore it, zap the PRAM, and re-apply the patch with the OS 9 installer the way I did. Also, remember that you must re-run XPostFacto everytime you destroy it's 'mojo' by starting up in OS 9. So the order that worked for me, in a nutshell... 1. Have OS X installed on a drive -- perhaps use XPostFacto to get it on there. 2. Run XPostFacto to startup from that drive. 3. If there is a kernel panic don't reinstall, just restart in OS 9 and try again with XPostFacto. Zapping the PRAM might help here too. 4. When the monitor inevitably (for me anyway) fails to wake on the first restart without a kernel panic, that is the moment to definitely ZAP your PRAM, restart in OS 9, rerun the Sonnet nonvolatile RAM patch, and go back to XPostFacto to try again. It is very important to hold down the 'zap' keys through three or for full boot chimes. Many people think they have zapped their PRAM when they haven't, not cleanly. Hope this helps. If the Sonnet guy tells you you can't ZAP your PRAM because the Sonnet card will stop working, don't listen to him. I restarted in OS X several times flawlessly before I even re-applied the RAM patch. If I hadn't zapped my PRAM and sacrificed the RAM patch temporarily to see what would happen, I don't think I ever would have succeeded. Good luck! Paul. P.S. I doubt your icons have anything to do with this issue. Rebuild your desktop in OS 9 to fix this, but I wouldn't bother screwing with it too much until you have solved the real problem. -- 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> --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
