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10.6: The return of unlimited PRAM zapping
<tech-snob rant>
I think it's funny how ancient troubleshooting steps carry on well beyond their usefulness. As of OS X, resetting your PRAM does very VERY little. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1242 In OS 9 and before, it was important, and it really DID fix things. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379 </tech-snob rant>
10.6: The return of unlimited PRAM zapping
interesting. Explains alot.
10.6: The return of unlimited PRAM zapping
Sorry, but you are mistaken about it not being important in OS X. I've had some RAM problems in the past where RAM wasn't reporting it's real size when newly installed. Zapping the PRAM fixed it every time.
10.6: The return of unlimited PRAM zapping
Read the Apple support article that Detrius posted: Mac OS X: What's stored in PRAM Specifically, read this section from it:
Basically, if you're having an issue with video settings, startup drive selection, or speaker volume, then resetting PRAM *might* help. For anything else, it won't help. And if your time zone happens to not be US Pacific time, then you introduce a new problem by zapping PRAM. Go ahead, keep zapping PRAM. As Douglas Adams said, it's mostly harmless. But as Apple's support site says -- and really, I think they would know -- if you're trying to solve any other problem, it's very unlikely to help. ---
10.6: The return of unlimited PRAM zapping
Read the article a bit closer and you'll see it says "Some information stored in PRAM includes" (emphasis added), which seems to indicate it is not an exhaustive list. For example the list doesn't say anything about time zone information, but the text below explicitly says time zone information should be checked, indicating that is stored in PRAM too.
Short of you calling ewelch a liar for saying it has worked for him in the past I can't see how you can continue this line of reasoning. I'll add that I've certainly seen zapping the PRAM fix all kinds of weird behaviour from not listing boot volumes to audio corruption. That said (and back to the original topic), I can't say I've ever come across a limit to how many times PRAM can be zapped, and I'm not sure why I should care. Surely twice is sufficient? --- |
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