Help! Did Brother driver just kill my MDD?

[C(-)ris]

You need to be more specific. Is it failing to start up at all, as in won't make the startup chime and get to the grey apple logo screen? Or is it failing to load completely into the OS after that?

If you don't even get a chime with the printer plugged in no amount of removing drivers is going to fix that, as no drivers are loaded that early in the startup sequence. No chime = hardware problem. Either the printer, cable, or your USB ports are flakey.

If it just gets frozen after the grey screen starts then it is most likely software that is causing your problems.

[RAMd®d]

I'm almost positive that you're *not* supposed to hold the PMU switch on the MDD. You're just supposed to push and release it once.

I seem to remember an Apple warning not to hold it.

Now that you got it running, I'd do a Safe Boot- hold the Shift key while rebooting for several seconds. You should be taken to a login screen that says Safe Boot. You'll have to enter your password.

This runs a file check during the boot process and cleans out some cash files. Restart.

If you try installing the driver again, repair permissions after the installation. Sometimes, not always, this fixes weird voodoo.

[Mike Sellers]

From your subject line, I thought your brother ran over your computer with his car.

[prymsnap]

Mike Sellers wrote:
From your subject line, I thought your brother ran over your computer with his car.

I wouldn't put it past him.

[ka jowct]

I'm almost positive that you're *not* supposed to hold the PMU switch on the MDD. You're just supposed to push and release it once.

I seem to remember an Apple warning not to hold it.

You remember correctly: one second, not ten seconds. Supposedly you can really fsck things up by holding that button down for longer than than the recommended time.

[Doc]

> Supposedly you can really fsck things up by
> holding that button down for longer than
> than the recommended time.

You can hold it for a few seconds. Just don't press it repeatedly.

Pressing repeatedly can fry the PMU chip.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1939

Press the Cuda or PMU button ONCE. Do not press the button more than once before starting the computer up again.