Dodgy networking software

[Mike Richardson]

My Performa 400 has been mothballed for about a year, but I finally cleared some space today to set it back up.

The board was recapped before I put it away. It looks like one of the solder joints went cold though, because you have to kind of touch the caps before the sound works.

That's not the main problem though. It seems the networking software has gone crazy.

- If you try to load the Chooser, you receive the error "Can't find Chooser". I am not using an alias.

- If you try to load the Network control panel, it complains that "Network is a Monitors extension. Open Monitors to use Network". WTF?

- Upon boot you now get an error saying the driver for the selected network port could not be loaded.

The machine had an Ethernet card in it which was removed before the machine was put away. Only a few cards fit due to the replacement caps being taller. I had a different card in it before but the one I have now is a Farallon with an empty FPU socket. Farallon cards always worked with Apple's drivers.

All of this was working just fine before I mothballed it - I could use Fetch to connect to FTP sites and download software.

Maybe it just needs a good erase and reinstall? It's got System 7.0.1. Perhaps System 7.1 is in order?

 

[porter]

Rebuild desktop? Sounds like the finder database is out of whack.

 

[Mike Richardson]

Rebuild desktop? Sounds like the finder database is out of whack.

Tried that. Fixed a few icons but that's about it.

Also tried 24 vs 32 bit addressing.

I noticed the date and time were off when I booted it up. The PRAM battery was installed fresh a year ago, so maybe I just forgot to fix the date and time when I installed it.

 

[JRL]

System 7.1 is a good idea. My Macintosh LC runs perfectly with it (not slow at all, especially if you have 10 MB of RAM)

BTW, just make a clean system reinstall the informal way.

Quoted from Macs For Dummies 4th Ed:

Open your System Folder. See the Finder icon? The purpose here is to separate it , folder-wise, from the System suitcase icon. Drag the Finder out onto the desktop, for example, as shown here.
You're doing beautifully. Now close the System Folder window, press Return, and rename the System Folder. (Call it "Old System" or something like that)

Finally, take the Install Me First disk (or your Performa Apple Backup Disk, or startup CD), and insert it. Follow the normal installation process.

A PRAM zap/desktop rebuild using a utility such as TechTool is a good idea too.

 

[Bunsen]

Sounds like it might be worth running the appropriate version of Norton Disk Doctor over your drive

 

[JRL]

Sounds like it might be worth running the appropriate version of Norton Disk Doctor over your drive

Also a very good idea.

 

[joshc]

System 7.0 and 7.0.1 are rather buggy releases, so 7.1 might be a good start.