Thomas Chan wrote:
> After I hear the boot up "bong" sound when I turn on my beige g3 desktop, it
> takes another 25 seconds before the monitor shows a grey background, and
> about 8 more until I see the smiling mac face.
> If I clear the PRAM, the computer will immediately show the smiling face (5
> seconds) after I turn it on. This "fast boot" last through through reboots,
> but stops after I power off the system.
My G3 beige takes awhile to load as well, but one thing that helped was
to disable the startup memory test, particularly if your machine has a
lot of RAM. To do this press both the option & command keys together as
you select the memory control panel under the Apple menu. This will
cause the memory test option to show itself at the bottom of the control
panel. Select the off button.
As for the rest I've sort of chaulked up the slow startup to general
age....HD- wise and system software-wise. In times past I would see an
improvement when I performed a clean install of the system...I'm about
to do it again with the replacement of the HD.
btrstudio
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