John Wisor wrote: > I am confident that eventually i can get this G3 back to its original > pre os 10.2 install state. 2 Questions, however: 1) The start up bong > does not sound any more..and did not sound during that lastest OS 9.1 > successful startup. Is this some symptom?
The startup bong is stored in ROM on these machines, IIRC, and will occur as a result succesfully powering up the logic board and getting to on-board ROM in the boot process. This happens *before* any disk access, so it's unlikely to have anything to do with drive formats or even system versions. > 2) The only other > difference between when OS 9.1 was running fine this summer and when > it is having issues post 10.2 is that I repartioned and reformatted > the drives to be HFS+ instead of the standard Mac format as > Iattempted to install 10.2 and later as I reformated again after the > 10.2 install failure. Could this be a factor in the OS 9.1 problems? I'm kind of staggered that you were still using HFS instead of HFS+, actually. It's vastly superior...on the kinds of drives that shipped with G3's you were losing hundreds of megs of drive space. You may have driver problems, but a reformat should have taken care of this. This is beginning to sound as if there's a problem with the logic board. Try removing and reseating all removeable components: ram, cards, cables, processor, rom, etc. You may have a weak PRAM battery.(dunno if this has been covered or not) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
