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Archives => 2003 => Topic started by: Buck on July 21, 2003, 10:44:58 PM

Title: Start up problem!
Post by: Buck on July 21, 2003, 10:44:58 PM

I've noticed that the time between the monitor lighting up and the smilly-face floppy icon went from six seconds to around sixteen seconds upon restarts. So I tried booting with the start-up disk in the control panel. Being sure the system folder is the one selected. It won't boot this way. All I get is a lit screen, no smilly-face, nothing. This forces me to use the Panic button on the CPU in order to get up and running again. I hope you good people here at TS can give me some pointers as to what the culprit may be. Thank you kindly in advance.   Buck



 Mac OS 9.1
Machine Type:
     PM 750000
Gestalt ID:
     68
Physical RAM Size:
     256 Meg
CPU Type:
     PPC740/750(G3) (Built-in FPU)
CPU Speed:
     400 MHz
Bus Speed:
     50 MHz
ROM Version:
     077D
ROM Size:
     3 Meg
MMU Type:
     Emulated MMU Type 1
Keyboard Type:
     Extended ADB

Title: Start up problem!
Post by: Bill on July 22, 2003, 01:57:43 AM

Buck. Is your system inside your system folder blessed?
Does it look like the image below?

Title: Start up problem!
Post by: jepinto on July 22, 2003, 04:32:44 AM

Buck  An oldie but a goodie is RHP's weekly maintenance.  I add Startup Disk preference file to the "trash list". It'll clear up a lot of problems.  You'll have to reset some items (like the startup disk), but it's worth it!

In Control Panels>Start Up Disk make sure "network" is not selected.

Title: Start up problem!
Post by: kelly on July 22, 2003, 08:21:13 AM

You might try Zapping the PRAM.

Could be corrupt.

Macintosh: How to Reset PRAM and NVRAM

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238

Title: Start up problem!
Post by: Buck on July 22, 2003, 09:13:30 AM

Bill: My system folder looks like the folder in the top of the pic that you posted. It does not have the carring handle.

And Kelly: Zaping the PRAM didn't do it.

Title: Start up problem!
Post by: kelly on July 22, 2003, 09:52:57 AM

Have you ever replaced the PRAM Battery?

Macintosh Battery Web Page

http://www.academ.com/info/macintosh/

Title: Start up problem!
Post by: Buck on July 22, 2003, 11:35:46 AM

Kelly: Battery is ok.  

Title: Start up problem!
Post by: Bill on July 22, 2003, 02:32:07 PM

Buck the picture on the bottom right (above) resides inside your system folder.
It's your system suitcase.

Title: Start up problem!
Post by: Buck on July 23, 2003, 06:29:02 PM

Gotcha Bill.  

Title: Start up problem!
Post by: Bill on July 23, 2003, 07:52:20 PM

Does it look like the image above Buck?

Title: Start up problem!
Post by: dakota on July 25, 2003, 05:10:06 PM

Can you describe exactly what is shown when you open the  control panels -startup disk folder?

Title: Start up problem!
Post by: jepinto on July 26, 2003, 03:28:40 AM

Buck Just this past week I had some minor problems, nothing major, just those "niggley" types.  I reinstalled the 9.1 update and the problems went away.  Well....all except one, but I'm working on it.

Not a complete reinstall, nor a clean install, nothing that fancy, of the entire OS, just the update, in situ.  Took about 15 minutes.