Power Macintosh 5400/120: Disk Icon at Startup

TOPIC

Whenever I start up my Power Macintosh 5400/120 computer, a disk icon appears on the screen before the "happy Macintosh". Sometimes when this happens, a flashing question mark also appears in the disk icon. This has happened since the first time I started up the computer. What is causing this?

DISCUSSION

The Power Macintosh 5400/120 computer does not have a startup volume selected, which causes this slow startup behavior. Follow these steps to resolve this issue:

Step 1

Open the Startup Disk control panel.

Step 2

Select the internal hard disk as the Startup Disk.

Step 3

Close the control panel and restart the computer.

The computer should now start up normally. However, resetting the Parameter RAM (PRAM) on the computer deselects the Startup Disk again, causing the issue to reappear. So, after resetting PRAM, you need to repeat these steps.

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