Well, I decided to reset it, and it came up into OS X. I then decided to run Disk Utility to verify disk permissions, walked away for five minutes, and when I came back, it had happened again! Hopefully, the screen will come back up when the process is done, but otherwise, well, it'll probably be back to 10.2.0 for me (unless that would make no difference, of course). Once again, any suggestions? -Adam Annoyed
-- 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 > 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 -- 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
