Subject: Re: OpenFirmware issue on G4/466
To: Tim Kelly <hockey@dialectronics.com>
From: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 02/07/2005 18:07:27
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Hello,

> You can try rebooting and holding down the recessed button to the lower
> right of the power button until you hear a steady tone (takes fifteen 
> or
> more seconds). This has been known to reset the firmware, forcing a
> reloading of it from the ROM. While Apple decoupled a great deal of the
> OS from its ROM, as a back up the unaltered base firmware is still
> present. You will lose any flashing that you've done, though. No
> guarantees this will work, but it did recover me from having accidently
> changed my real-base setting (which mucked the firmware).

Now that's a hot candidate for the NetBSD/macppc FAQ if I ever saw one.

have fun
Michael
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