Sawtooth lives. Re: [G4] Re: Dying Sawtooth status was 'Help, I think my Sawtooth

[Carol]

Carol Leger wrote:


> 
> I will report back with the results of the diagnostics and what happens 
> after a shutdown with OS 9 set as the startup drive.`
> 


I never got this far.  I took in into the shop.  I figured $50 for a 
diagnosis was worth it.

I really thought the problem was going to be the logic board and I was 
prepared to kiss the computer goodbye.

However, it turned out that the power/reset buttons were stuck, or at 
least not functioning as they should.  When I got any response at all, 
I was getting dumped into open firmware, or if I reset the PRAM, it 
booted into OS9 on the master drive.

 From talking to the tech who fixed it, I now know that resetting PRAM 
will case it to 'forget' the startup disk and start searching.

Thanks to all who replied. I am happy.

Carol