Re: [SM] blacker than black screen

2005-09-09 Thread Gary Gorbet
At 10:02 PM -0500 9/8/05, Gary Gorbet wrote: Just a quick reality check. I've tried all kinds of variations, but my basic procedure now is the following. Does this sound about right? (1) Power the machine off. (2) Disconnect the power cord (have done it at machine and at wall; does it

Re: [SM] blacker than black screen

2005-09-09 Thread Gary Gorbet
At 22:02 -0500 09/08/2005, Gary Gorbet wrote: I don't have another machine that it would fit in. Bummer. Any local friends with x500, x600 or clone machines? None that I know of. No one at the local user's group (HAAUG) has ever mentioned a Umax, but I guess I'll post a request in the

Re: [SM] blacker than black screen

2005-09-09 Thread Charles Davis
Hi Gary; Yes --- you got it!!! Front/Back --- Maybe push front, but not real hard! It's a weird thing, you just need to experiment. Chuck D. On Thursday, September 8, 2005, at 08:09 PM, Gary Gorbet wrote: Thanks for your reply, Chuck. Yes, I cleaned the CPU card contacts with an

Re: [SM] blacker than black screen

2005-09-09 Thread Charles Davis
Next question! Is the CPU card you are trying to use a ZIF Carrier --- if so, the next possible place to look for flakey connections is the ZIF socket itself. Also another (less likely) possibility, is a 'bad solder' joint on one of the ZIF socket connections. Turn the card over, and look a

Re: [SM] blacker than black screen

2005-09-09 Thread Jeff Walther
At 06:31 -0500 09/09/2005, Gary Gorbet wrote: I do have a meter, although I am not very comfortable with it. Is there some way to use it to determine whether 3.3V is being delivered to the right places on the MB? You can just stick the positive probe in the top of the connector against

Re: [SM] S900 For Sale

2005-09-09 Thread BigMomma
Hi Kevin. Since it doesn't have the G3 processor, I guess I won't take it. I was going to set it up for one of my grandsons but with the original stock processor I wouldn't be able to run OSX and OS9.2 would be very slow on it. Hope this doesn't cause a problem for you. I really don't

Re: [SM] S900 For Sale

2005-09-09 Thread Kevin Rauer
Don't worry about it.. -Original Message- From: BigMomma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 4:58 PM To: SuperMacs List Subject: Re: [SM] S900 For Sale Hi Kevin. Since it doesn't have the G3 processor, I guess I won't take it. I was going to set it up for one of