Jeff Walther <trag@io.com> wrote:

> I don't know if this works on Catalyst machines, however, on 
> PowerSurge (x500, x600) machines the following will usually work on a 
> chiming black screen freeze.
> 
> Hit the keyboard power button as you normally would.  Now, *before 
> the sound of the chime finishes*, depress the cmd-opt-P-R keys.  Yes, 
> this looks like a normal PRAM zap.  However, doing it extremely 
> early, before the chime has finished sounding, seems to bypass the 
> NVRAMrc and avoid any corrupt NVRAM problems.

This worked.  I can not believe it.  I honestly thought I had tried
this before.  I thought I would never get this machine working again.
Thanks SO MUCH!

Charles Fultz
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