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Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep

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From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep
Date 30 Mar 2015 00:09:09 GMT
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On 2015-03-29, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> Okay, so one time? In band camp? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> was all, like:
>> I should point out that the reason I'm back up and reporting, is that I 
>> unplugged the iMac from the back for 30 seconds.  Then zapped the PRAM 
>> and let the thing make it's startup noise 8 times before I released the 
>> opt-apple-p-r keys.
>
> 8 Times?
>
> Why 8 times? That's silly.  Once. That resets the PRAM. you gain nothing
> by resetting it again.
>
> (In the old PowerPC days it was normal to do it three times. I don't
> know why.)

IIRC, the additional reset was to reset RAM on certain third-party cards
that may have been installed in the machine.

There's no reason to do any more than two in a row, AFAIK. And for most
cases, one is enough.

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JR

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Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-20 18:02 -0700
  Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-21 16:40 +1100
    Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-20 23:02 -0700
      Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-21 21:47 +1100
        Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-21 10:17 -0700
  Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-21 13:37 +0000
    Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-21 10:19 -0700
    Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 07:26 -0700
      Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-29 14:52 +0000
        Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 08:14 -0700
          Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 08:20 -0700
          Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 08:22 -0700
          Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-29 15:55 +0000
            Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 09:24 -0700
              Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-29 17:14 +0000
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 11:58 -0700
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-29 19:11 +0000
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 12:38 -0700
    Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 07:27 -0700
      Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-29 14:53 +0000
        Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 08:17 -0700
      Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-29 22:08 +0000
        Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 15:34 -0700
          Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-29 18:37 -0400
        Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-30 00:09 +0000
  Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-03-21 16:08 +0000
    Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-21 10:22 -0700
      Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-03-21 18:44 +0000
        Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-21 13:04 -0700
          Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-03-21 20:39 +0000
            Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-21 14:45 -0700
    Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 07:24 -0700
      Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-30 07:51 +1100
        Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 14:02 -0700
          Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-30 10:56 +1300
            Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 15:31 -0700
          Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-30 10:20 +1100
            Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 16:47 -0700
              Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-30 12:00 +1100
              Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-02 07:56 -0700
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-02 22:01 +0000
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-02 15:58 -0700
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-03 03:29 +0000
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-04-03 16:40 +1300
  Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-01 11:13 -0700
    Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-04-02 16:38 +1100
      Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-02 08:35 -0700
        Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-04-03 06:43 +1100
          Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-02 15:42 -0700
            Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-02 23:22 +0000
              Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-02 16:34 -0700
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-02 23:51 +0000
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-03 16:53 -0700
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-04 03:29 +0000
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-03 22:01 -0700
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-04 12:26 -0700
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-06-10 09:15 -0700
            Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-04-03 10:29 +1100
              Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-02 16:39 -0700
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-04-03 10:54 +1100
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-02 17:23 -0700
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-04-03 12:43 +1100
  Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-18 08:08 -0700
    Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-04-19 09:24 +1000
  Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-06-12 14:17 -0700
    Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-06-14 19:08 -0700
      Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-06-21 13:01 -0700
        Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-06-21 13:36 -0700
          Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-06-21 16:59 -0700
            Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-06-21 20:06 -0700
              Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-06-22 08:51 -0700

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