Hi,
I was able to buy a used ide drive(IBM from a PC) and installed it. My
starmax started right up and as there was a startup disk in the CDROM,
it started from the CD. When it got to the new PC disk it took a long
time to "rebuild the desktop". All the PC files showed up.
Maybe my case was different because I had no ide drive AND a new PRAM
battery as well.
I am happy that my MAX is back to normal. Now I just have to figure out
why FEDEX hasn't delivered the new ram for my and my son's STARMAX.
Bill
Bob Wulkowicz wrote:
>
> Doug Does wrote:
>
> ____________________
> ____________________
>
> "I don't think this is accurate. During startup the Pram looks for
> hard drives first before it looks for a Systems Folder. The IDE
> drive on the Starmax is the default and if it is not present (or
> defective) the startup process stops, no question marks, nothing.
> After the hard drives are identified the startup process uses the
> startup panel to select the startup System. If it can not find a
> blessed System, the blinking question mark appears.
>
> The Max must have something connected to the IDE drive port even if
> it is not the Startup System."
>
> _______________
>
> The PRAM does not look for the hard drives first. It looks for the
> startup drive selected in
> Startup Disk in the Control Panel before the last shut down. If the CD
> drive was selected, it
> will go there first--what else is the purpose of selecting a startup
> disk? I think the default
> selection may very well be the floppy, but I didn't bother to check out
> that technicality.
>
> Instructionally in the ROM beneath the PRAM, it makes sense to have a
> startup sequence independent of the PRAM in case the PRAM is disabled,
> corrupted or underpowered by a low battery or a lack of one. This way
> the owner gets a chance to do a tad of simple troubleshooting. The
> blinking mac tells us the machine is ready for instructions from an OS
> on some storage
> device.
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