on 28/1/2003 0:42, Ian Humphery wrote: > Any ideas please... my G3 PowerBook seems to have a glitch, occasionally > half way through boot up the screen seems to attempt to change resolution 2 > or 4 docks and menu bars or huge zoom factors... os 9 or osx
Ian, Try this Start up your machine while holding "alt apple o f" (without the "") you will boot into open firmware, type exactly this "reset-nvram" (without the "") press return then type "reset-all" (without the "") your machine should then restart if it does not then type "mac-boot" (without the "") This has now done a low level reset of the CPU, motherboard and reset your hardware to the factory defaults. you may need to reset the time, date and anything else you normally change after a pram reset. If the problem persists, it is probably a hardware fault, I would guess the Pram battery would be flat - on the PowerBook the battery is soldered onto the motherboard and needs to be changed by an apple technician. A word of warning - do not be tempted to type anything else, it's very easy to upset a machine while in open firmware. -- Michael Roberts Photography +44 (0)7961 428 237 =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
