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Powerbook 3400c Hang ........
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Hello, I recently purchased a 3400c/200 with 80MB RAM. When I start it up there is a 15 second hang after the startup chime where nothing happens. After the 15 seconds the LCD lights up and it then boots normally. I have replaced the PRAM battery,did a clean install of OS8.5,zapped the PRAM,rebuilt the desktop,made sure to select the startup disk in the control panel. No change!. I then upgraded it to OS9.1 with all the above maintainence still the hang remains. Is this normal for the 3400c? I don't recall my 5300c having a hang like that.. 
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bump! Anyone have any ideas???
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Originally posted by presspics:
<STRONG>Hello, I recently purchased a 3400c/200 with 80MB RAM. When I start it up there is a 15 second hang after the startup chime where nothing happens. After the 15 seconds the LCD lights up and it then boots normally. I have replaced the PRAM battery,did a clean install of OS8.5,zapped the PRAM,rebuilt the desktop,made sure to select the startup disk in the control panel. No change!. I then upgraded it to OS9.1 with all the above maintainence still the hang remains. Is this normal for the 3400c? I don't recall my 5300c having a hang like that.. </STRONG>
Hi Presspics,
Try going to the memory control panel and disabling the "startup memory tests". When selecting the memory control panel, hold the <apple>+<option> keys. Sometimes this can cause long delays as the system checks the memory.
let us know if this works...
good luck 
dave
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Thanks..That is one of the first things I tried. It didn't help...
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Originally posted by presspics:
<STRONG>Thanks..That is one of the first things I tried. It didn't help...</STRONG>
Hi Presspics,
The other possibility is that you need to run anyone of the disk maintenance programs to optimize/rebuild your directory (it could be that the directory is very fragmented, which would lead to a delay in finding all of the necessary info tostart up right away). The other option is to try optimizing the whole disk, or as a last resort, back everything up, reformat the hard drive, and start from scratch (I find that this is almost always the best thing to do --- although not the most time efficient --- but it does take care of bad sectors/blocks that a disk utility might not be able to fix/repair/lock out, that might get bad data written to it)....
best of luck and let us know if anything works... 
dave
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