Dear Compact mac list,
I have a Daystar Universal Powercache 68030 CPU upgrade card. From the
markings on the chip (MC68030RC50B) I assume that that means that it is a 50
mhz 68030! The card itself is has a PDS slot, but it is attached to an
adapter card that connects to whatever slot is in the SE. This was pulled
from a used SE. Ok, now all is well and good, but here is the problem.
When I boot it on an SE, all I get is a grey screen, no happy mac, no ?
folder, nothing, just a grey screen that sits there forever. With a little
finagalling I got it to go into an SE/30 without the adapter card and it
booted even more poorly. All I got there was a black screen and the chime
kept trying to play over and over again. So, am I doing something wrong or
is the card just busted? I have not loaded any special software on either
the SE or the SE/30 and all I can find on the Internet is MODE32, which I
assume you install after you install the card, and still doesn't explain the
SE not working (since MODE32 won't work on an SE). I wish there were some
serial numbers on the card to help you out, but there really doesn't seem to
be. All of the PCBs to have DayStar DIGITAL silkscreened on them. Here is
a picture of what the card looks like:
http://homepage2.nifty.com/56thWAREHOUSE/COMPACTMAC/TWINSLOTLC.html , mine
is the third pic from the top, my adapter card doesn't look like that one,
that is for an LC. (mine doesn't have a co-processor). So any help?
Perhaps there is something I am doing wrong.
Skipp
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