In a message dated 3/4/09 8:31:11 PM, wmhatch...@gmail.com writes:
> I have inherited a Beige G3 Minitower with 2 IDE hard drives, one is > ~20 Gb while the other is ~30 Gb. On one is MacOS 9.2 while on the > other is MacOS 8.6. The issue is that boot ups are very slow almost > like the machine is searching for a startup disk. The system is maxed > out insofar as installed RAM is concerned.......... snip > May be caused by the startup ram check & max ram (768 meg). There is a keyboard command that is pressed before opening the control panels that will turn off the startup mem check. Boot up, press & hold option+command (Apple), go to Apple menu, control panels => memory. When the mem ctrl pnl opens it will now show an option/checkbox for turning off the memory startup check. Reboot & see if it isn't faster on startup. To turn it on again repeat the same steps (cmd+opt) before selecting control panels. ************** Need a job? Find employment help in your area. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000005) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
