iBook

[Roadguy]

Is anyone aware of a start-up freeze problem on the latest iBooks?

[kelly]

Roadguy. Hello. Welcome to the Forum.  

Not that I've heard.

What OS?

Did you just update to 10.2.4 or anything?

[chuckwagen]

None on Wife's 12". On mine I had a few problems that ended up being caused by menu bar add-ons like MUMenu, CeePeeYou, Moon Menu, Mondriaan. I don't know which one so I got rid of them all. Everything's cool now..
Try logging out and logging in as a guest to see if the problems are still there.
 
 [ 03-06-2003, 06:37 AM: Message edited by: chuckwagen ]

[Roadguy]

Thanks Kelly, nice to be here.

As for my question.  It's regarding a friends iBook.  He has plenty of RAM, etc.  He's running OS9.2 on it.  I know he should use OSX.  

Anyway he says that it freezes on startup, he can get it to work but it takes a restart.  I told him to do the old extensions check.  He hasn't added any third party apps.  I also suggested using the restore disc.

He has the Apple care, they basically told him the same things I did.

I was just wondering if anyone else was having the  same problem.

[kelly]

Time and again the first thing you have to check is the RAM.  

Has he added any?

Try removing any extra and see if that helps.

OS X. OS 9.x  Whatever works for him.

[krissel]

When exactly does the freeze occur in the startup process? That often gives a clue.

Restore disk will help if it is system related. He could have tried the old routine of rebuilding desktop, throwing away prefs, being sure all windows are closed when shutting down, etc.

He should especially consider a power manager reset which will set NVRam as well as PRAM.

ibook Power manager reset

If he has an Airport card installed he should also make sure it is securely installed. That can cause startup problems.