[Ti] Re: TiBook Will Not Boot Unless Reset

[Dan K]

Lloyd Smith <lloyd at smithrep.com> wrote:
>And it will not boot full using either external
>FireWire drive or internal drive. Tried the emergency restart procedure. It
>makes the usual start-up sound, lights flicker... then nothing happens.
>
>Unless I depress the reset button, then it will boot all the way.

Some ideas:

Try swapping out RAM. RAM does occasionaly fail.

Try doing a Power Manager reset:
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449>

Try resetting the NVRAM from OpenFirmware:
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238>

Disconnect the internal hard drive's data cable and see if it cold-boots 
properly.

dan k (on list digest)

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