So I just received my shiny new "Mac ROM-inator II" ROM stick from Big Mess O Wires, and I've popped it into my SE/30. I'm able to boot from the Mac ROM-inator II's bootable ROM/RAM disk without issue and everything seems totally normal, but when I attempt to boot to MacOS 7.5.5 from my internal SCSI drive, the system hangs at the "Welcome to Macintosh" screen. I double-checked that I don't have Mode32 (or any other 32-bits-related control panels or extensions) enabled, and I get the same result if I hold shift down - it shows that it's booting with extensions disabled, but still hangs at the Welcome to Macintosh screen.
Any clues here? I'll try the obvious / easy stuff (reseat my RAM, etc.), but it just seems pretty odd to me. Thanks for any suggestions!
PS I have 64 megs of brand-new RAM arriving from OtherWorldComputing in a few days, so if this indicates a RAM issue, that will probably sort itself out shortly...
EDIT: I'm starting to suspect that I need to use ResEdit to tweak the 7.5.5 System File on my internal HDD, as per this guide: http://www.bigmessowires.com/mac-se30-with-upgraded-rom/- does that seem correct?
EDIT 2: Yep, I just booted into the ROM OS, ran ResEdit and made the single-digit tweak suggested at the link above, and it's working beautifully now! I'm going to leave this here just in case someone else runs into the same issue and hasn't yet RTFM'd
Any clues here? I'll try the obvious / easy stuff (reseat my RAM, etc.), but it just seems pretty odd to me. Thanks for any suggestions!
PS I have 64 megs of brand-new RAM arriving from OtherWorldComputing in a few days, so if this indicates a RAM issue, that will probably sort itself out shortly...
EDIT: I'm starting to suspect that I need to use ResEdit to tweak the 7.5.5 System File on my internal HDD, as per this guide: http://www.bigmessowires.com/mac-se30-with-upgraded-rom/- does that seem correct?
EDIT 2: Yep, I just booted into the ROM OS, ran ResEdit and made the single-digit tweak suggested at the link above, and it's working beautifully now! I'm going to leave this here just in case someone else runs into the same issue and hasn't yet RTFM'd
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