Re: [WinMac] Powerbook woes
Subject: Re: [WinMac] Powerbook woes
From: Ilyse Kazar (kazar[at]datatude.net)
Date: Thu Jul 11 2002 - 00:38:08 EDT
On Wednesday, July 10, 2002, kramizeh@pilot.msu.edu wrote (in part or in
full):
> I have a G3 500 MHz bronze keyboard (Pismo) powerbook which
> is freezing during bootup. It has recently returned from Apple who
> repaired "logic board" problems. Anyway, I ran software update and it
> downloaded some updates including a firmware update which I ran. The
> update bar appeared on the screen, filled up and the pb rebooted but
> it freezes after the Mac OS 9.1 window appears and about a quarter of
> the way through the progress bar.
I agree with others that you may need to replace the RAM chip(s). In my
Pismo, when I ran a PowerBook firmware update and rebooted, it turned
out that the "free RAM" included in the deal by the catalog vendor was
not fully Apple-compliant. My laptop went from the 192 MB I had
purchased it with, down to 64 (the original RAM installed by Apple). The
firmware update will just completely disable incompatible RAM.
A (relatively) cheap thing to try would be to remove the RAM that is
currently installed, purchase (or temporarily borrow, for that matter)
some RAM (with 9.1, 64 MB should be plenty for testing), and see if it
helps. Stick with Kingston RAM, IMO -- it's warranteed for life. I put
512MB of Kingston RAM in my Pismo, and it's a happy little machine now
(even runs OS X reasonably well).
kazar
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