This is only using my background in the repair side but if there was nothing but hardware to look over I swap out the hard disk first since that's been it every time. Some owners may resist but at the shop we know to go with the swap so we can move onto the next issue.
Let's see what others think. If the owner wants to "save" the old drive we will (for a fee) connect it to some PC and run SPINRITE on it.
Bob
I posted here a few weeks back with advice on buying one of these and what system it would run and all the rest of it.
Well, I bought one, and it is in immaculate condition, works well, and all the rest of that jazzy stuff. Apart from one thing. After a cold start (i.e. being left off and unplugged all night) it takes FOREVER to startup, hanging at the blank grey screen for ten or more minutes (I'm still waiting right now) for it to show the picture of the happy Mac and continue booting.
I have the OS 9.2.2 updates (though I am sure this is not software related), and have taken out the dead battery. I have no clue what this could be, as the rest of the time the computer works so flawlessly. It's a Clamshell Indigo G3 iBook.
Also, the clock doesn't tell correct time, but a server synchronize fixes that. Is that related do you think?
Any help would be lovely...

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