Disconnect all USB and any other connections and see what happens. You can keep the keyboard and mouse plugged in unless they are not the original that came with the computer. Guy Don wrote: > Hi everyone; > > I have a G3 300 / 9.1 that is having a problem. I installed a fresh > system on an empty drive and then reset to make it the start up drive. > On first startup, it unceremoniously hung and stopped at an empty desktop > with no icons, no clock, no apple menu.... nothing but empty. > > Upon forcing shutdown and restarting holding shift key, I get a startup > without extensions... so I do the same install on the opposite hard drive > by moving the old system out of the way and reinstalling a fresh one > there too. > > Upon restart, I get the same result. > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks > Don