>Just to follow up, I tried zapping the PRAM (with Tech Tool), haven't tried
>the CUDA switch, may have to. But the situation is as strange as it sounds
>and the tech detectives may have a clue, the SM will start up in OS 7.6
>from the original SM CD in the original IDE drive. It will not boot up from
>the Disk Warrior, Norton System Works or another emergency startup CD that
>works on a Powerbook G4Ti. Does not matter which CD I use, the original SM
>IDE 8X CD or the SCSI Yamaha CDRW and it does not matter whether I hold the
>C key or even select the disk in the Startup Disk Control Panel.
>So I am guessing that it is a driver on the CD that is needed which is not
>on the DW or Norton CD. It could also be a misfunctioning CD player in that
>I often put in a CD and get a message that it cannot read it, do I want to
>initialize it? but when reinserted it usually works fine.
>Still looking for some insight.
I would start with the CD drive. Try purchasing a can of compressed
air and blowing out the innards of the drive or buy a CD cleaning kit
and following it's instructions. Also, I would not expect a
start-up CD labeled for a specific Mac to work on the StarMax
computers, with the exception of a CD for a PM 4400 computer.
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