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 Mon 21 Oct 2002, 10:49
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From: Leidersbach - DE
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My G4 Dual 500 takes like 5 minutes to boot.
I turn it on. The starting sound plays. Black Screen. 5 Minutes later the OS9.1 screen showing up.
Sometimes when I played with the "Extensions On/Off" it boots normal. But after 2 or 3 Reboots it's back to the old state...
Anyone knows this problem?
I think my Mac has a problem remembering stuff too. I always turn on the function "go to directory last used by program" and it always switches back to "go to directory prefered by the program" after i reboot.
Maybe someone knows all this :-)
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Mon 21 Oct 2002, 16:39
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From: Leidersbach - DE
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i got 712mb. already unclicked that option. but it still takes forever to boot.
the strange thing about it is that sometimes it boots fast. like after i changed something in the system. (turning usb off for my canon camera or other stuff). but all that doesn't work twice. so u cannot say it's because of this or that.
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 Tue 22 Oct 2002, 01:33
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For the boot :
- Try to zap the PRAM
holdcommand/option/P/R on start up; you hear the startup sound continue to hold, the screen stays black
Hold until your hear it 3 times then release, it'll continue the start up.
- In control pannels, open start up
select a different disk for strat up if you have one, if not, insert your start up CD. Close the pannel. Reopen it, reselect your normal start up disk. If you used the CD, eject it. Shut down. wait 10 seconds, restart.
- Check all connections outside and inside
shut down
disconnect main power !
unplug and replug every thing outside, if you use a USB or ethernet hub shut them down too
Inside, proceed carefully (if you're not sure find someone who did it even in a pc) unplug the ram, the cards, the different patches of cords fors HD etc. one at a time. replug everything. Go calmly, never use force, if you have something is wrong, check your position of insertion.
now restart.
if it's not ok still :
shut down, open the mac, locate the reset micro switch (somewhere near the lithium battery) if you have one. Press it on start up (don't touch anything else !) a fex seconds.
you can close the mac softly.
For defrag you need either Techtools or Norton utilities (speed disk)
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Tue 22 Oct 2002, 05:32
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From: Leidersbach - DE
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thx a lot for the help. found it! i had 2x 256mb and 2x 128mb in the computer. i took both 128 out and it worked. now i'm running 512. tomorrow i'll try to hook up only 1 of the 128s to test which one is broken.
finally i can use my computer after i turned it on *g*
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