[G4] Startup Troubles

[Jon Bickelhaupt]

Finally!  I figured out how to get to the open firmware prompt and  
fixed everything.  Please disregard my previous post.  Thanks anyway!

JB


On Nov 29, 2005, at 2:11 PM, Jon Bickelhaupt wrote:

> Hey All,
>
> I'm new to this list and am hoping that you can help...
>
> I'm having headaches involving a G4 Quicksilver running OS 9.2.   
> The Mac prompted me to download an update for an Nvidia graphics  
> card (which I did).  Every time I've started it up since then, all  
> I get is the time display in the top corner (all other desktop  
> items are blank).  The mouse moves, but I can't even select the  
> Apple menu.
>
> If I force quite Finder, I can get the other desktop items and  
> menus at the top of the screen to appear — it just gives that  
> little default warning about Finder quitting and how I need to  
> close stuff down and restart.  At that point, I can't select/open  
> any folders, menu items, etc.  I left it on long enough one time  
> that I got a popup warning that the File Sharing Extensions had  
> unexpectedly quit as well.
>
> OS 10.3 is loaded on this machine too.  I have held down the Option  
> key and forced it to let me choose the startup disk, but it freezes  
> and won't let me select the disk with OS X on it (or any other).   
> It only seems to start up successfully (in OS 9) if I launch it in  
> safe mode.  In safe mode, I tried to reset all the extensions.   
> I've also rebuilt the desktop file for OS 9.2 (which is the OS that  
> we use the most and is set for a default), and have reset the PRAM.
>
> Ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
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