On Sep 6, 2008, at 1:26 PM, lrbarrios wrote:
> > Also, why do you suppose the PRAM reset didn't work? To double-check > that I was doing it correctly ('cause what worked for the Rev A Bondi > may not work for Summer 2001 Graphite) I went to Apple's Support > site. Yep, I was doing it right and it responded exactly as the > instructions said that it should (second power on chime). I also > verified with Apple that the Startup Disk setting was one of the > parameters that is kept in PRAM. Maybe I'm not holding my tongue > right. > > Lonnie. Maybe I was just never persistent enough in MY looking, I could never find anything definitive. What I have found through MUCH painful repitition and testing, that 'The second Chime' isn't the 'Magic Bullet' I now routinely hold the 'Ctrl/ Opt/ "P"/"R"' through AT LEAST three, if not 4 or more cycles. [A little more time here, Less time wasted getting back to this point to 'try again'] Chuck D. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---