Mike, I have the same computer (desktop) that I have just recently resurrected. I solved the CD problem by adding a CD player from an old 6400 that had bit the dust. Now no problem with booting from the CD, and no more FWB stuff.
I upped the RAM to 104 and with RamDoubler, it sees 208. I have a Sonnet G3 card on the way. I believe you key combo for the CD is Option-shift-C if I remember correctly. Ken Martin I've got a PB180 with 88Mb RAM (2 DIMMS) and have recently added a USB PCI card, which, after installed and rebooted, would not recognize my Sony 256Mb Microvault USB card. A friend suggested that being on OS8.5 waws probably the difficulty, so I borrowed his 9.1 CD and replaced the 8.5. I had a little bit of difficulty getting the PU to boot from the CD and I remember some of the messages on this BBS over the past year mentioning that there is a different combination to key in during a boot in order to get the PU to boot from the CD. Now when I boot I get a message, "Sorry, a system error occurred. "Turboread" bus error. To temporarily turn off extensions, restart & hold down the shift key. What do I need to add, subtract, multiply or divide? I have the original PowerComputing disc, am aware that when I bought this unit there were some issues with needing to use an FWB Toolbox , or something like that, to get the CPU to recognize the CD player or the HD, but I've been pulled away from my Mac upbringing for the past 6 or 7 years because the office is all PC (read piece of sh__!). So all the special tricks I used to know intuitively are no longer there. I'm getting another 64Mb DIMM to max out the RAM slots to 160 Mb, and looking for a G3 upgrade card. Any help for me? I can't remember where to go from here. Suggestions/directions? Also, when I get this fixed, what specs should I be looking for to put in for the second HD. The #1 HD is only 1.1 Gb. Mike Banks aka "live4longrides" ________________________________________________________________ Speed up your surfing with Juno SpeedBand. Now includes pop-up blocker! Only $14.95/ month - visit http://www.juno.com/surf to sign up today! -- Power Computing 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> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
