3 Jun
2002
3 Jun
'02
5:20 p.m.
On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Christopher Smith wrote:
Would you believe that the whole thing may be working?
;)
Well, I'd be very happy.
First thing to do would be re-initialize the
"parameter RAM." Hit
command-alt-p-r on power up. (I have seen corrupted PR cause this
kind of problem.) There are also a couple of things that you can
(very safely) reset with other hot-keys. You'll have to look them
up, though.
I've a feeling it's most likely the PRAM battery. I'll try finding a
replacement. Someone mentioned a CUDA switch on the motherboard for
clearing the PRAM, but the closest thing I can find is an unidentified
pair of jumper pins in rough proximity to the battery. I tried the
command-alt-p-r thing with the existing batteries without luck, but
then there's no Alt key on this particular keyboard (Apple Keyboard II).
It only has command, ctrl, and option meta keys. Once I find a
replacement battery, I'll poke at it again to see what happens.
Thanks to everyone for their advice, I'll followup with my findings
(and possibly more questions) as I progress.
-brian.