DssW - Mac OS X 10.1 - Puma

Powerbook G3 Wallstreet with new PRAM still won't start

Wed, 24 May 2006 01:42:35 -0500

This is a new episode in the problems I've been having with my
powerbook g3 wallstreet (128 MB RAM ~4GB HD ).

I wrote in March about a problem with startup:

> Just recently, I decided to install Mac OS X (10.1), and wanted a fresh
> start, so I backed up the hard drive, and checked the "reformat disk"
> box during OSX installation. I thought that this would mean that I
> would have no problems: starting all over again with OSX. But after
> installation, when I pushed the restart button the computer wouldn't
> restart.

> It would not start no matter what I did. I tried holding
> command-option-P-R while powering on to "zap the PRAM", and resetting
> the computer using ctrl-fn-shift-power. It just displayed a floppydisc
> with a blinking "?" no matter what I do. I supposed that this meant
> that it couldn't find system software to boot up on, so I tried holding
> the C key while starting up from the OSX CD, and the OS9 CD. None
> worked.

People responed telling me to get a new PRAM

Following that advice, I have just installed a new PRAM battery this
hour, and alas! it still gives me that question marked floppydisc
icon, and will not start up neither from the harddisc nor from the
system install CD for OS9 nor X.1.

Have I done something wrong, do you think? Or does the PRAM need some
time to charge befor the computer will start up? Something else?

Any ideas? Thanks

Tiger.2 stopped sleeping. Pointers? Fixes?

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:30:17 -0500

Had this problem in Puma and Jaguar, never in Panther. Now it's back.
Are there some prefs I can toss to make it behave?

G4 400 AGP, 896 SDRAM, no Haxies.

luck,
-j

Eternal Sleep on iMac

Wed, 18 Aug 2004 07:02:32 -0500

Running OS X 1.5. If I've opened Classic to view a Classic document,
then closed all docs and aps and left the computer, it will go to
perpetual sleep. No key stroke will awaken it. I have to shut down and
restart with the button.

And . .sometimes on restart I'll get a blank white screen. I believe
I'm getting the smiley face, but the screen goes blank. Requiring
another button shutdown and restart. Then it boots.

On days when I do not activate Classic, computer sleeps and awakens
normally.

I've read somewhere that in OS X running Classic, reawakenings are
SLOW. If they're talking about 5 to 10 minutes, I haven't waited that
long before forcing a restart.

Does anybody recognize this symptom? Is it normal or potentially
dangerous>? I've already lost one hard drive on this iMac and the new
one is one month outside of it's 90-day warranty.

Imac shutdown

Sun, 11 Apr 2004 05:25:13 -0500

Help-My teenager is staying up till 2am, is there a program that would
act as a shutdown timer and turn the computer off automatically at
10:30 pm each night without my son being able to turn it back on until
the next morning?

Unexpected Sleep

Wed, 19 Nov 2003 06:50:49 -0500

Hi ! I have an Unexpected Sleep bug during "Installation - with
Installer.app".
Essentially what appends is (I'm on a beige G3 - old rom, running
MacOS 9.2.2
and MacOSX 10.1.5 ) after upgrading to 10.2 - 10.2.8 it sudently goes
to deep sleep
without any response. I dont' know if I had to (because I did
repartitionned my drive, I'm within the 8 gig, did a clean wipe-zero
thing and starting the installation from 10.1 CD) install 10.1.1 or
more to go directly to 10.2 and then 10.2.8 combo, etc.

Have any clue on that bizarre behavior ? I know that it's the late
upgrade (Jaguar - 10.2) that old rom beige G3 are capable, but to
which extend it goes : 10.2.3? ...5? ...6? or ...8?

Thank you on that, it'll help go back to sleep...

(10.1) Hard drive going to sleep when in use

Mon, 12 Nov 2001 08:29:25 -0500

I'm having a problem with the energy saving functions under 10.1...

After my computer (dual-533 G4) is wakened from sleep, the hard drive will
occasionally power down even when I'm using the computer (it has a distinctive
sound, which is also heard during a normal "begin sleeping" cycle, and just
before shutting down/restarting). The system itself is not actually put to sleep.

This occurs roughly 5-10 minutes apart, and can happen even if I'm typing away
(the drive powered down twice while writing this, actually). Any demand for disk
activity (save, open folder) will of course re-awaken the drive.

Problems started after I changed the Energy Saver prefs to power down the
monitor after a period of idleness. "Separate timing for hard drive sleep" was
NOT selected. Turning the monitor sleep back off and setting them to "Never"
sleep, did not fix the problem.

Has anyone else encountered similar problems? Would a PRAM reset solve this?

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Mac OS 10.1 sleep problem

Mon, 15 Oct 2001 00:39:30 -0500

My AGP Graphics Macintosh G4 has suddenly started refusing to go to
sleep on command, or rather, it goes to sleep for an instant and then
immediately wakes up again. The only change I can recall making
recently is connecting a USB printer to it, but the machine won't sleep
even if the printer isn't connected.

Has anybody seen anything similar?

Alwyn