At one time, I held down the keys for over ten cycles, but no change. With the PRAM battery reinserted, and without the network connection present, the time came up as the good ol' 8/7/56 that I'd expect. However, using the restart button in the OS X splash screen produced the same effect. I did notice something different, however. Right after the first boot after the PRAM battery reinsertion, for about ten seconds, I got the Disk ? icon blinking, then it booted normally. I'm thinking that it might've tried to select the CD as a boot device (though the C key was not held down; might this computer try to boot from the CD even without this?), but failed, though I'm not sure. I'll buy another PRAM battery tomorrow, and see if that does any good. -Adam
-- Adam Vaughn Collector of old computers, video game systems, radios and other electronic equipment... Visit my page at http://www.electronixandmore.com/adam/index.html > Greetings, (^o^)>^_^< ^/^ (^^) (._.) (^_-) (^_^) (^_^;) (^0_0^) )^o^( > ::-_-;; > > On Jul 5, 2005, at 9:18 PM, Adam Vaughn wrote: > > > Perhaps my past experiences aren't helping much here. With my myriad > > System 7-based Macs, the PRAM battery going bad and/or being pulled > > caused the time settings to go all askew, and the date reverting to > > 1956. After pulling the PRAM battery in the beige G3 for an hour and > > zapping the settings for good measure (Command+Option+P+R) upon > > bootup, the time setting was within five minutes of the actual time. > > I'm not sure if this was absolute coincidence or not, but it didn't > > seem like it. As usual, booting while holding C didn't work, and > > neither did trying to restart from the install program. One thing I > > did realize that I'd stupidly left it plugged in while pulling the > > PRAM battery. I have since pulled the power cord, and am going to > > leave the PRAM battery out for another hour, then perhaps trying the > > zap command again. > > -Adam > > > > -- > > When you reset the "pram" you are holding down the (Command+Option+P+R) > upon bootup, for at least three (3) bongs of the memory test indicator > aren't you? > > If not, start the boot process and hold down (Command+Option+P+R) for > at least 3 cycles of the start-up process. > > And yeah, your clock should reset unless you have the clock init set to > sync. the clock at start-up. Which would have the clock setting correct > by the time that the OS becomes active. Well that is if you have a > direct connection to the internet. i.e. WAN, LAN, Cable, DS-1 etc. > > > Best Regards, > > Harry (*^_^*) > > > -- > 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/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com -- 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
