Slow start up and no Apple logo during post
Greetings everyone and Happy Holidays.
My question deals with my son's mini which is configured slightly different than mine. His has 256mb ram, no super drive, he has the 1.42 cpu and 80gig HD.
The problem is slow start up / post speed and slow overall system performance compared to my mini and my grandson's mini. My grandson's mini is exactly the same configuration as my son's and they are networked at home and have a broadband cable connection to the net.
We didn't realize the difference in start up methods between our minis until recently when I restarted my son's system and noticed a screen filled with text scrolling down as the mini started up. I asked if this just started happening and he said it did it from the day he first started it up. Then I noticed there was no Apple logo like the other two mini's has during post.
We compared settings between my grandson's mini and my son's system but didn't really find much. We tried reinstalling 10.4 with no change. We looked at the system resources and didn't really see much other than the system showed only having about 4 mb ram free. We are all running OS 10.4.3 with all the recent updates.
It takes a good 2 minutes for this thing to boot compare to our mini's taking about 45 seconds. I didn't look at start up items in his ACCOUNTS area and I'm not currently at his computer. Thanks for any help you can give.
We LOVE our mini's and I'm sorry I put up with MS for all these years. Apple truely does have a well designed, well built, reliable product.
Thanks,
Kenny G
Hi again.
Thank you all for your replies. I will be talking to my son shortly and will pass - on your info.
Upon returning to this forum to see the replies I got to my question, I reviewed my original post and it seems a bit confusing so, I'll summarize with more clarity.
Me, my eldest son and his son (my grandson), all have mini's. I bought my son his mini first (1). Then about 3 months later I bought my grandson his mini (2). Finaly, about 3 weeks ago, I bought mine (3).
Now, my son and my grandson have pretty much the exact same mini and they are configured like this:
CPU = 1.42gig
RAM = 256mb
HD = 80gig
WiFi = not installed
Bluetooth = not installed
DVD/CD = combo drive
OS ver = 10.4.3 Tiger
Both of these are networked in my son's house.
My grandson's mini (2) runs much faster AND (this is what concerns me with my son's mini (1)) the boot sequence does NOT show anything on the screen until the Apple logo appears then contiues to boot to his login screen - all taking about 45 seconds. This appears to be a normal (good) boot sequence, which is the exact same method that MY mini goes through at boot.
NOW - My son's mini boots very slow and what concerns me with his mini is that the system boots showing text such as what you would see when a DOS system boots, batch files running and such. All this text scrolling up the screen certainly does not show one my grandson's mini nor mine.
I did the reinstall of Tiger 10.4 but I did NOT do a clean install.
So, mini (1) boots and runs slow, showing a bunch of stuff on the screen during boot. Mini (2), which is the exact same mini, boots fast and runs almost as fast as my mini.
Anyway, I hope this helps clear up my problem and will be awaiting any further info. Thank's
Kenny G
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