Gary Nelson wrote: > > I have a PowerMac 8500 that refuses to boot, even from an OS 8.5 CD. It > gets past the sad mac icon, shows the Mac OS 8.6 Welcome ... screen, > shows the Silverlining disk drive icon with both drives appearing to > pass muster, but stalls at that point. > You may have a HDD ID/same ID#/conflict. Will it boot with extensions disabled >Shift/down<? Try to boot with 'one' HDD conn'd.; then, the other. Tho' from the following, it seems to be more of a hdwe. prob., not the s/w?
> From the OS CD, it gets further, loading the desktop screen, shoing the > OS CD icon in upper right screen, adds the time, loads a few extensions > which persist for a few seconds and disappear, and then we stall with > that loading indicator showing about 1/4 complete. > > I have cleaned the contacts for the CPU card and the disk drive cables > coming off the top of the motherboard. > > Any ideas will be appreciated > > Thanks > > Gary > My 8500 went cantankerous several mos. ago. Listers suggested resetting the CUDA button (on mobo, left end of proc.card- hold down for a min.), remove PRAM battery for a while, or o/nite. Clean/re-seat all DIMMs, video chips, etc. Trim the number of DIMMS on board, in case of a bad chip/s. It 'may' elim.prob. Anyone?> Would a bad SCSI controller cause same no-boot prob.? Dunno 'bout it. Hope you find/solve no-boot problem, as it's such an aggravating Waste Of Time! *Acc. to TechTool Pro, my problem seemed to be with Op.Sys. Finder; T/T could not repair, so wiped HDD and *lost OS9.1 + can't load 8.6 from Install CD copy* *last issue cont'd. on "[PCI] OS8.6 Install CD copy, 8500 no-load " >same day post< -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
