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Quadra 700 starts at second attempt

Postby danielb » 14 May 2012, 13:16

Hi all,

I have a Quadra 700. Everything seems to work, except that it has one quirk. Whenever I turn it on, it starts up, gets to the smiley Mac, and then immediately restarts. On the second attempt it boots to the desktop and all is OK.

Does anyone have any idea what hte problem might be?

Just for the record, it has 20MB RAM and no PRAM battery. Everything else is completely stock, AFAIK. I have tried it with and without its internal hard disk, and booting from a zip drive, and it makes no difference.
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Re: Quadra 700 starts at second attempt

Postby spiceyokooko » 14 May 2012, 15:19

...and no PRAM battery

Therein lies your problem!
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Re: Quadra 700 starts at second attempt

Postby uniserver » 14 May 2012, 15:54

yeah a fresh pram battery should fix that,
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Re: Quadra 700 starts at second attempt

Postby danielb » 14 May 2012, 16:49

Thanks everyone.

I'll be replacing the battery soon so I'll let you know what happens.

D.
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Re: Quadra 700 starts at second attempt

Postby techknight » 22 May 2012, 04:13

i think its because its switching resolutions then restarting as they are not being saved into PRAM.
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Re: Quadra 700 starts at second attempt

Postby danielb » 02 Jun 2012, 13:24

Hi all,

I put a new PRAM battery in the Q700, and the double start-up has stopped.

It remembers the time, too :)

BTW, the battery in the Q650 still works. Is there any point changing it before it stops working?


Thanks,

D.
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Re: Quadra 700 starts at second attempt

Postby LOOM » 02 Jun 2012, 13:27

Not unless it's a red Maxell battery
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Re: Quadra 700 starts at second attempt

Postby danielb » 02 Jun 2012, 13:30

No, it's blue.'

The new one in the Q700 is a purple made-in-Israel Tadiran.

The original Q700 battery was a red Maxell, which I whipped out as soon as I could. I am thinking of keeping it in a jar and waiting for it to explode :)
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Re: Quadra 700 starts at second attempt

Postby LOOM » 02 Jun 2012, 14:01

Yeah, I got one of the purple Tadiran off eBay myself a few years ago for my LC :lc:
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