How strong is the warning about using a Non-Power Mac to load in the firmware?
It is very strong. It is very likely that you will render your drive inoperable if you attempt to load in new firmware with a Power Mac. We are not writing the software anymore. Therefore the firmware situation with a non-Power Mac will not change. It is best to restart your Mac with the Shift key down before attempting to load firmware into a drive. General Information 24.Some other things you can do to correct some problems. You may want to try resetting your PRAM and rebuilding your desktop: Go into your Extensions Manager and turn off ‘Macintosh Easy Open’ or any Control Panel with a similar name. Restart your Mac while holding down the Command-Option-Shift-Delete keys and wait for at least 4 chimes. Release those keys and hold down the Shift key until asked if you want to rebuild your Desktop. Do it. This procedure may clear up some more obscure problems. Another thing to try is check for viruses.
