Jim-- Try going into the Prefs folder and throw away the Finder & System Prefs.
_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Ed Stewart, Colorado Rocky Mountains <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Personal website at: <http://www.skymtn.com/> Updated 8/27/02 Jim McGee wrote: > My 3000/180 has started freezing during restart. Any method I use (special > menu, power key restart option, or front panel restart button) to restart > while the machine is running results in this freeze. The startup bar gets to > a point that appears to be just before extension loading and just sits there. > > I've done the following running OS 8.6, no accelerators: > > Ran Conflict Catcher 8.0 with no problems reported > Ran Disk First Aid with no problems reported > Reset PRAM > Rebuilt desktop > Disconnected SCSI chain at the motherboard. > Reset all plug-in boards, including memory > Tried restarts with memory test disabled > Switched HDs (previous one w/8.6 is still in unit) > > I'm out of ideas. I'm not dead in the water since I can startup from a total > shutdown stage but if I want to do a restart then I have to shut down from > the power key, then startup with the power key or the front panel power > switch. When it hangs I have to shut down using the front panel power switch > which results in the "you did a bad thing" disk scan after the next startup. > > Any ideas/other suggestions?...Sure would be appreciated > > Jim -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:starmax@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:starmax-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:starmax-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
