Punkyclown Posted October 19, 2018 Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 Hi all, everyone here is always very supporting when I (always) post issues. And I am very much appreciative of that, thank you all. So I loaded a number of 9.2.2 desktop images on my 9.1 Powerbook 1400. I switched to one of them and it loaded, but the next time I restarted my Mac the computer hung after loading the desktop image and there it stays. The mouse is active but everything else is frozen. So I loaded a 7.6 disk and removed the Appearance Control Panel, but everything is set so, same issue. When I try to Zap my Pram it just turns the computer off or puts it to sleep and I have to restart. If I try to load System 9 using my CD and the cmd - option - shift - delete keys it just show a diskette with a question mark on it. So aside from having to completely erase and do a new install on the hard drive. Does anyone have an idea of how I can proceed with this issue? Brad Hansen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bibilit Posted October 19, 2018 Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 Try holding the Shift key to disable extensions Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Punkyclown Posted October 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 Thank you, that's the first thing I did, but it does't disable what is in Pram... Where all the startup setting are kept. Brad Hansen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CC_333 Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 At the frozen desktop, try Command-Option-Escape to force quit whatever might be hanging things up. It's not a sure thing, but sometimes I've encountered similar problems, and it was usually something related to the Control Strip that was causing the problem (force quitting that seems to unfreeze it). It may be something else, even Finder (in which case force quitting will effectively relaunch Finder. c Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trash80toHP_Mini Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 Appears I've got SCSI Disk Mode on the brain tonight. If you've got the cable, use it. Clear away the crud that you put on there while it's mounted as a volume on another Mac or PB and give it another go. What kind of desktop images? What OS are you running on the 1400? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Danamania Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 Does it eventually go through to the desktop with enough waiting? (could be 5 minutes or so). If it does (hey, even if it doesn't), try booting from a CD and deleting the System Folder/Preferences/Appleshare Prep file if it exists. It may be a long shot, but it fixed a problem with symptoms exactly like you're describing: booting to the desktop, freezing, but mouse pointer can move about. I've had it suddenly become problematic even when I haven't been using filesharing or even networking for several boots previously. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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