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help please guys, i need braindump help
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| carlitos 2004-08-19, 2:51 am |
| just kidding
i need some mac help
hey guys
someone gave a mac
running OS9
when the computer starts
i see the happy face but then
a message saying
system error
unimplemented trap
restart and hold the shift to bypass extensions
ok
i do that and i get to the same error
i tried putting the OS9 cd in the drive
and holding the C key
i tried holding the space key
i tried apple+control+p+r
no matter what
i end up in the same warning
any ideas?
this is my fist mac so i been reading the book that came with it
thanks | |
| jkhnwspec 2004-08-19, 9:17 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by carlitos
just kidding
i need some mac help
hey guys
someone gave a mac
running OS9
when the computer starts
i see the happy face but then
a message saying
system error
unimplemented trap
restart and hold the shift to bypass extensions
ok
i do that and i get to the same error
i tried putting the OS9 cd in the drive
and holding the C key
i tried holding the space key
i tried apple+control+p+r
no matter what
i end up in the same warning
any ideas?
this is my fist mac so i been reading the book that came with it
thanks
Have you tried here too? | |
| carlitos 2004-08-19, 10:40 am |
| i tried a few of those things
but all i have is the OS9 CD
and the computer isnt booting up from the cd
i know i have to hold the C key but isnt working
i dont have the floppy they talk about
the person that gave me the machine says that
she tried to load up a program and the next time she tried to use the computer
the error was there
i think it was a windows 98 compatible software
so its either that software or something happened to the cdrom | |
| mundoe@mac.com 2004-08-19, 11:14 am |
| Try pulling the pram battery off the mother board. Go ahead and put it back on too. This will reset the machine for sure. It sounds as if the Command option p + r didn't really take. A bad card can cause this error, but bad ram is rare, and it does't sound like an upgrade issue. A bad hard drive doesn't cause that error.
Pull the battery.
Restart.
Hold down shift to turn off extensions.
Good luck. | |
| carlitos 2004-08-19, 1:56 pm |
| tried the battery
still no luck
any other way to boot from the cd
other than holding the C key
since that doesnt work | |
| curiousgeorge 2004-08-19, 2:41 pm |
| You need to cuda the machine.
There should be a button on the motherboard that's called the cuda button.
It's normally located close to the battery.
On Macs, it's kind of like a reset button.
Hope that helps. | |
| mundoe@mac.com 2004-08-19, 2:47 pm |
| You could try disconnecting the hard drive's power, until after it boots from the cd. When you held command option p+r did you get the start up chimes? They say to let it chime 3 times, it takes a while. Which model is it, some have a tiny reset button on the motherboard. It is red. Youl'' find it near the processor.
I would try re-seating all the ram, video cards, cables that kind of stuff. Seem like a board level error because it happens in startup. Though it could be one of those extensions. Hold up, how about a currupted font? They load at startup.
If your mac were in worse shape you would get a crash noise, no happy face. Smashcrash, it sticks with you. Yours is not that bad.
Keep trying | |
| carlitos 2004-08-19, 5:55 pm |
| power mac6500/250
i will try that reset | |
| goalie13 2004-08-19, 6:57 pm |
| If you cannot find the CUDA button on the motherboard, start the computer while holding down the apple+option+O+F keys. This is called open firmware. At the prompt type "reset-nvram" (without the quotes) hit return then type "reset-all" (also without the quotes) then hit return. This should reset the PRAM.
If this doen't help, and it doesn't sound like a PRAM problem, reboot holding down just the Option key. This will bring up a screen that will show you all bootable volumes. Click on the one you want and see if it boots. If the CD is bootable and the cd player is working, you will see it here.
Apple has a pretty good K-Base but the problem is that you have to kind of know the answer to your problem before hand. | |
| carlitos 2004-08-19, 10:01 pm |
| thanks
i will try that next
you guys are great!!! | |
| carlitos 2004-08-20, 2:13 pm |
| both commands didnt do anything
i keep going back to the same error | |
| curiousgeorge 2004-08-20, 4:18 pm |
| Did you find the CUDA button?
Keep the computer plugged in while you press the CUDA button.
You can also boot up with extensions turned off.
Look on the apple website on disabling extensions to find which one(s) are messing things up.
Hope that helps. | |
| carlitos 2004-08-20, 5:54 pm |
| i got frustrated
so i just
opened the thing
and took everthing apart
i took notes
then i slowly put everything back together
i tried that little CUDA again
and bingo
who knows what fixed it
but i am in with no conflicts
thanks guys
i never used or opened a mac before so i was a little lost
now back to read that OS9 book.....
see what happens when bizz is a little quiet around here | |
| kalex 2004-08-23, 12:57 am |
| Get an IBM-compatible and load Linux on it, for God's sake! |
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