As an absolute idiot I offer the following This sounds like the problem I had with my G3 running OS8.6
The engineer when called started by 'zapping the PRAM' and 'defragging the hard drive' which sorted things out for a long while. I am sure others can tell you how to go through these arcane procedures. Best wishes -- Tim PS Bristol meet? I moved office on 16th so was out of it. ---------- >From: Roger Barclay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Mac UK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: 8500 problems >Date: Thu, Jul 24, 2003, 13:08 > > Has anyone got any bright ideas? My wife's 8500/120 has developed > intermittent faults, as follows: a) It will fail to shut down, the cursor > changing from the arrow to the watch & all keyboard & mouse functions frozen. > b) It will fail to boot up fully, reaching a grey blank screen with a > moveable cursor arrow & that's all. c) It will refuse to shut down, either > from the keyboard or the switch & requiring the plug to be pulled. d) It > will lock up completely while on the 'net. > It's running 8.1 & has 112 Mb of RAM. VM is off. > On another topic, I recently asked for advice regarding USB cards for > my 9500/132, running 8.6. I bought a Keyspan card, just 2 ports & installing > it was a breeze. Having downloaded Apple's driver I was able to run my new > Epson Stylus Photo 830 with no problems at all. Just thought I'd mention it! > Rog Barclay. > > -- > Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.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/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.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/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
