Re: IIGS help pleasee!

[Daniel <cyberdaniel@my-deja.com>]

In article <394F5171.97B44FDD@chipsnet.com>,
  Mike <mwillis@chipsnet.com> wrote:
> Three years ago I gave up my GS for a Mac, it went to one of my sisters.
> A week or so ago it moved to a second sister.
>
> It worked fine for a week, now there is a problem. Even though I been
> into Apples for many years, I'm not very technical. After all it's an
> Apple, you plug it in,  turn it on and it works!
>
> This GS has a System Saver GS and a Q Drive. A few days ago she turned
> it on and got the screen saying CHECK STARTUP DEVICE. As I remember the
> only time I got this screen was when I forgot to turn the Q Drive on
> before I turned the GS on. The fix was to turn the GS off, turn the Q
> Drive on and then the GS. This would take care of the problem! But not
> this time! The drive starts and seems to come up to speed, I've checked
> all the connections, they seem to be ok. In it's travels the Q Drive
> book has disappeared, so I can't look it up.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Mike
>
>

Mike,

Check the startup slot setting in the control panel by pressing
command(open apple)-ctrl-esc. Select slots & set the startup slot to the
slot that the Q-drive is plugged in to. Or set it to slot 6 to boot a
5.25" drive or slot 5 to boot a 3.5" disk. You can also set it to scan
for a boot disk. You may need a new battery for the IIGS, which saves the
time & control panel settings, while the IIGS is off.

Daniel


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