> On Apr 23, 2005, at 3:13 PM, John Baltutis wrote: > Maybe it's time to run your Apple Hardware Test program and find out > how > things are really working or not. BTW, I have a stock G4, 450 MP, > Gigabit,1.5 GB RAM and System Profiler shows Boot ROM Version: > 4.2.8f1. I > installed the G4 FW Update 4.2.8 soon after its release in October, > 2001 > and didn't experience any of your problems. What does System Profiler > show > for your machine? > I did run the hardware test and it says all tests passed ok. System profiler shows it to have 4.2.8f1 installed. I believe the problem may be that the firmware may have glitched somewhere during the install process. I can not figure out how to reflash it tho. Andy3