this article will answer your questions:http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090409081833464 On May 30, 2009, at 9:42 AM, Ignasi Cambra wrote:Great, but when do we reset this PRAM thing? What type of problems does that solve? Maybe David can explain...I still need to find something he doesn't know lol...
I On May 29, 2009, at 8:41 PM, Dan wrote:
Hi, Okay, perhaps a little more explaining.I have an iMac and the power button is on the left rear of the unit. So, in order to be ready with the key strokes, I place fingers on 2 of the keys. I place my little finger of the right hand on the p and the index finger of the right hand on the r. Then I press the power button with my left hand. Immediately I place my left index and middle fingers on the Command and Option keys. This has to be done as soon as possible. I like to have all for keys held down by the time the chime first sounds. I keep them down till the next chime. Then I release them. That's all there is to it.HTH. Dan On May 29, 2009, at 5:17 PM, Marty Rimpau wrote:Hi Dan, but I don't see how you can be holding down the command and option keys, and the p and r keys at the same time, then turn on the power, all at the same time, something isn't right, it seems that you would shut the computer down, turn the power on, and then press andhold the 4 keys down, and wait for the second sound of the chime. Theydid say there were 4 steps in this. On Fri, 29 May 2009 14:41:32 -0700, Dan wrote: Hi Marty, As long as you hold down the PR Command and Option keys before the chime and you keep holding them down till you hear the chime a second time. HTH. Dan On May 29, 2009, at 1:37 PM, Marty Rimpau wrote:Hi all, the article says to press the combination of keys discussed in the article, but it says to do so before the gray screen appears, so how do we know when that is, or do we just hold these keys down right when we hear the start-up chime? I know that is why the article was forwarded to the list, buut many of us don't have sighted assistance, so just wondering about this.Click on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.com Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Webinterface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.comManage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.//www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverMartyClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.comManage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.//www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.comManage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.//www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxwith 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Webinterface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
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