On Saturday, April 12, 2003, at 12:54 PM, Josh Allen wrote: > Well, I hate to tell you this, but the last time I had this happen, it > was a DOA logic board...time to wsend that suckerr to the shop or swap > it yourself...oh shit! TIm, do you have a Sonnet upgrade? They may not > be compatible with 10.2.5 yet....just a thought. TTYL hope you can get > it fixed. > > -JOsh >
Well Josh, I hate to tell you this but you were lucky enough to find a shop that ripped you off IMHO. ( This is also my way of telling you this is bogus info and not helpful at all ;-) While motherboards can and do go bad I'd guess a lot get replaced that are fine ( or at least people are charged for new boards ;-) . I also had this problem on my S900/J700 UMAX clone machine after installing 10.2.5 using software update. This was after having no problems with any of the other updates. My usual way of getting back to OS 9.x after running in OSX is to restart or force restart and hold down the option key and it will normally restart in OS 9.x After this 10.2.5 issue it was more stubborn then usual kept trying for OSX and would then go black. (This is called by me and others "The Black Screen of Death"It was a real bummer tell the fix was found and has lead to a lot of people giving up on their machines)I zapped the pram (and to do a complete zap turned the machine off by unplugging it) So powered up and held down the option+ apple+p+r keys and held for three separate chimes. I had to do this about 2 times and it finally booted into OS 9.22. Had this not worked the other fix is to remove the battery and unplug the machine for apox 15 min or so. Find and push the cuda switch, re-plug put the battery back in and away you go. This resets the open firmware to factory default. I then ran Disk Warrior which took a long time but still wouldn't boot. I had to do a re-install of OSX from the 10.2 Cd. It wasn't as bad as I expected. Someone recommended I use the archive and keep network settings features when reinstalling. It was amazing kept all my old files and even my internet settings! I then downloaded the 10.2.5 combo update (which covers 10.2.1-10.2.5) installed and all is well. Took most of one evening but could have been worse! Will S -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
