It's been 30ish years since I did that upgrade but I think that is normal, the boot process is checking the memory and more memory takes more time.
Clark Martin KK6ISP Yet another designated driver on the information super highway. > On Feb 5, 2016, at 7:32 PM, BZ <bzo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have recently acquired a Mac Plus which had 1MB of memory installed stock. > I got some old SIMMs and upgraded it to 4MB (and did some Larry Pina tuneup > while I was in there). All works great now, except... > > Strangely, at boot time, it bongs and the display comes on, blank, and sits > there doing nothing for 30 seconds before the disk icon/happy Mac appears. I > can't find any other issues or symptoms, just a prolonged period of > nonactivity as soon as the power comes on. After that, it proceeds exactly as > you'd expect. > > Is this related to the 4MB upgrade? I can't find any reference to this issue > in the Larry Pina books or anywhere else. Could it be somehow normal? Any > thoughts? -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
