Hi, I got my classic II out of the cupboard yesturday to experiment with and it has the same checker board problem. The logic board looks fine though. But I might give this a try.
Cheers Mike On Thursday, Mar 13, 2003, at 14:27 Pacific/Auckland, roger pugh wrote: > Hi All.. Thanks to some recent posts on this list ive managed to > revive my > classic II that suffered from checkerboard patterns and wasnt booting. > Leonardo Ceriliani, in a post, suggested washing the logicboard, which > i > did. After a good scrub with an old toothbrush and washing up liquid > on the > circuit board, a rinse and a dry by the heater, Success. a fully > working, > Classic II :) > > The area around u21 did seem very dirty and got some special > attention. I > guess this chip may have something to do with the memory addressing, > causing > the checkerboard.. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
