Re: Odd sound no startup on Wallstreet

2002-06-24 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 24/06/02 00:18, Beverly Woods at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, just got back from a couple of days away, during which we left my partner's Wallstreet unplugged, it being stormy. The Wallstreet is a G3/300 which has previously given difficulty if you try to start from the battery,

Re: Odd sound no startup on Wallstreet

2002-06-24 Thread Beverly Woods
The reset combination causes the on light to blink on for a second and there's a brief whirr (maybe 2 seconds) as if the hard drive is trying to spin up, then unit returns to off. Beverly just got back from a couple of days away, during which we left my partner's Wallstreet unplugged, it

Re: Odd sound no startup on Wallstreet

2002-06-24 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 24/06/02 10:30, Beverly Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The reset combination causes the on light to blink on for a second and there's a brief whirr (maybe 2 seconds) as if the hard drive is trying to spin up, then unit returns to off. OK, I think I've got this with my previous Wallstreet

Re: Odd sound no startup on Wallstreet

2002-06-24 Thread Laurent Daudelin
Well, I'm a bit at a loss here. I think I remember a few times my Wallstreet acting like this, and I thought that doing Command+Control+Power would bring it back to life, but if it doesn't work for you, I'm not sure what is wrong. What you could do is remove the battery and disconnect it from the

Re: Odd sound no startup on Wallstreet: Thanks! Works now.

2002-06-24 Thread Beverly Woods
Hey, thanks to everyone who wrote to help with this! This was indeed the problem. Yes, the hard drive was recently upgraded to a 20G IBM drive, and this was the first time the Wallstreet had been closed since the upgrade. We haven't done the steel insert yet, because at the moment taking out the

Re: Odd sound no startup on Wallstreet

2002-06-24 Thread Donald Keenan
My Pismo started up without it's usual orchestral sound. I called AppleCare and they walked me through resetting the PRAM. This may have nothing to do with your situation, but maybe? Donald On Monday, June 24, 2002, at 07:58 AM, Eric Opiela wrote: just got back from a couple of days away,

Odd sound no startup on Wallstreet

2002-06-23 Thread Beverly Woods
Hi folks, just got back from a couple of days away, during which we left my partner's Wallstreet unplugged, it being stormy. The Wallstreet is a G3/300 which has previously given difficulty if you try to start from the battery, but never had this kind of problem before. Pushing the power