>I must thought of another question that's been bugging me. I keep >hearing about the CUDA switch. I found it on my machine but I can't, >for the life of me, figure out how to activate it with power applied to >the board. Does it need that, or does the CUDA use power from the PRAM >battery?? What does that switch do, anyhow???
Just a thought, I notice on your first posting, you mentioned you replaced the drive... you were sure to partition it in such a way that the first partition is less then 8 GB, and then you installed OS X on that partition correct? (this assumes you were installing OS X at all, you don't mention if you were, if you are not, and are staying with OS 9 or earlier, then the partition issue is irrelivant). Also, I ran into the same problem with a Bondi that I put OS X on. I had to not only issue the mac-boot command, but all "reset-all" or "reset-nvram" (I don't remember which). I had to do the reset BEFORE the mac-boot. That would let it boot properly, however, every time the iMac was turned off (only seemed to happen when turned off, a reboot didn't bother it), it dropped back into Open Firmware, and I had to repeat the reset and mac-boot commands. In the end, mine turned out to be a partition issue. I made my first partition 8 GB, not less then 8 GB... apparently it has to be LESS then 8 GB (so I repartitioned it to 7.5 GB and the problem went away). At least I think it was a parition issue... it went away after repartitioning, but I also had to reinstall Panther, so maybe it was really just an OS problem, I can't be sure which of the two actions fixed it. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
