On Feb 1, 2009, at 10:20 AM, Sandymac wrote: > I've tried restarting in 'safe' mode, but that makes no difference; it > still hangs. > > And after about half a day of frequent restarts, I noticed that the > startup tone/chime doesn't sound - but I still hear other sounds (like > the crunching of the 'empty trash' function).
No startup chime is ominous, and not right. You should reset the NVRAM by booting into Open Firmware using the Cmd-Opt-O-F keys at startup and then using these commands: set-defaults<Return> reset-all<Return> where <Return> means hit the Return key. You should see a reply of "ok" to the first command, and get a restart (with chime) to the second command. If this doesn't get you the chime, you might reseat the ROM module. I've had Macs be flakey with poor contacts on the ROM module. Your freeze/hang problem sounds more like a RAM problem. I'd pull the modules and perhaps clean the contacts (you can use a pencil eraser on the module contacts) and reseat them. OS X is picky about RAM, and some RAM is older Macs doesn't cut it. I'd also consider a larger HD, 6 GB is literally 100% full for 10.4 Tiger with nothing added. Remember Tiger needs 4 GB FREESPACE minimum for swap & temporary file usage. Larger HDs are cheap enough. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
