Well, at the moment, the hard drive isn't doing anything at all. I have a feeling that it's waiting at a prompt, which I have no way of activating. I'd like to think that I'd be safe in resetting the damn thing, but I know that that's probably a Very Bad Idea. How long should it take to optimize, anyway? Is there any way to de-install the freakin' 10.2.8 Update, or do I need to (shudder) reinstall 10.2? -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 ( + )!( + ) > > On Jul 7, 2005, at 5:13 PM, Adam Vaughn wrote: > > > Well, it happened: I installed the 10.2.8 Combined update, and while > > installing the security updates, I heard a little noise from the > > speaker, and out went the monitor. No keypress or mouse movement will > > turn it back on. It was optimizing when the screen went blank, so I > > have absolutely no idea what to do. Any ideas? I'd probably just do > > the modified three-finger salute on it, except for this whole > > optimization thing. I've been hitting Enter every once in awhile, in > > the hopes that the Restart button has come up, and that the press of > > Enter would activate it, but no luck so far. Help! > > -Adam > > Worried > > > > -- > > Sounds like the same problem I had on my G3 DT when installing 10.3 so > I would hit the power switch. One time I had to pull AC. Even had to > start-up from my 9.x.x CD once. To shorten a long story, after > reloading 10.3 about 3 times I realized that when the monitor screen > went blank that the operating system was still doing something. So then > I waited for a very long time, or until HD activity seamed to stop. > > So after waiting for a very long interval and using the power switch to > shut-down, when I reloaded (boot) the 10.3 was loaded. However > everything wasn't still Okay, as the monitor would still go blank. I > have "Cocktail" and after running that application things got better. I > ran all of the options in "Cocktail" cron scripts, prebinding, disk > permissions, everything. > > Good Luck > > > 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
