> I've been lurking around on the list for a bit while I've waited to see if
> things would stabilize on the 2300c I recently acquired (have run two 280c
> duos for some time now with no trouble). The 2300 seems to need the power
> manager reset quite frequently, otherwise instead of starting up properly
> the hard drive goes into a repeated sort of clicking (before the happy mac
> appears). Sometimes it appears to start up OK but just gives up part way
> through the startup sequence, and then on next startup the clicking happens.
The clicking noise is most likely the HD read/write head arms clanking as
they search for elements upon which to boot up; this is not unusual. I
suspect, however, that there is a corrupted or missing item in the
directory, startup file, or perhaps something as simple as the driver being
messed up.
I do not think the problem is with your power manager. Try updating the HD
driver with v1.7.3 first. If no change occurs, use Disk Warrior to rebuild
the directory. This failing, break out TechTool or Notrun Futilities. Am I
biased? Nooo. ;^)
HTH
d
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