Try to performing a HT (Hardware Test) with th CDs you got the machine with. If you have one, just boot from it and run hardware test. My tech recommends running it for hours, and you sometimes can set it to run for a determined amount of time, or number of times. I'm wouldn't want to run it for hours, I think it is a little intense, but certainly run it a good number of times as sometimes the test fails to find hardware problems the first time around. There is a simple/quick and a longer test.
My DVD installer CD also doubles as the HT disk. I just boot holding the option key down (and select the HT icon with the mouse), rather than the 'c' key. Hope this helps Mauro PS-Last thing, I don't know if I mentioned this but if you cleared the pram your boot loader probably will not work (so gnu-linux will not boot). So if you only have linux on it (no Mac OS) you'll get nothing at startup. First try booting holding the option key and select the drive on apple's graphical boot loader that comes up with the tux on/over it (if you have the HT CD/DVD inserted you can also select the HT to run the HT test). Mauro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > my HD instead of his, just to eliminate variables. > I've come in late on this but I assume you've reset the PRAM (AppleKey + > Opt + P + R when you boot) > > I've also had trouble in the past with an ibook not booting (OS X > actually). > The procedure is to first clear the power manager, then the pram if it > still does not work. > the apple site is a good place for this info: > http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449 > > On pram and it is interesting that it mentions hearing not start up > chime: > http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=51135 > > > As for turning it off (someone else wanted to turn it off), the chime is > important. Unless you've turned it off, it can tell you if there are > some sort of problems. This is why I leave it on. > > Andres > > PS: I just recalled a side effect of resetting pram. I believe it > disables the bootloader, at least it disables yaboot on new world macs. > You'll have to run ybin again to correct. > > > Thanks but that did not work either.. still suffering -- Mauricio Hernandez Z. www.tecnocimiento.cl
