> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 13:42:57 EST > Subject: [PCI] 9600 Start-up Anomaly > > My 9600/xlr8G3/OS 9 has for a long time had a curious start-up issue. When > starting up from cold, the power button lights up, the start-up chime sounds, > the fan and hard drive spool up, but the monitor stays dark. The monitor > powers up, but the LED on the front (it's an IBM E54) goes immediately from > green > to amber and the screen remains dark. > > If I turn on the computer then immediately turn it off after it chimes and > then immediately turn it back on, the start-up is completely normal, without > any "Your computer failed to shut down properly" warning! > > My graphics card is an ATI Rage 128. I use Conflict Catcher, and I have put > a space in front of the ATI Graphics extension to try to make it load first, > but the load order is always: > 1. xlr8 MACh Speed extension > 2. Conflict Catcher control panel > 3. ATI Graphics Accelerator extension > 4. followed by the rest of the extensions and control panels > > Other ATI extensions that load are: > ATI 3D Accelerator > ATI Driver Update > ATI MDD Manager > ATI Rage 128 3D Accelerator > ATI Resource Manager > ATI Video Accelerator > > A test with Conflict Catcher reveals no extension conflict. I have > repeatedly zapped the PRAM (with Tech Tool) and rebuilt the desktop (also with > Tech > Tool) to no avail. The computer still requires the on-off-on method to start > up > normally from cold. > > The curious thing is that after the computer is started from cold using this > procedure, subsequent restarts from the finder or Conflict Catcher, even > restarting with a different set of extensions (but always including the first > three listed above), are completly normal! > > What's going on here? > > Michael McMurtrey > Enid, OK
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