> I recently purchased a Daystar Value 040 card through eBay. >Allegedly it > works in a Color Classic but I found that the CC's plastic battery >housing is decidedly in the way and flexes the card upward. It >does work in an LC or LC II. Upon removing the upper half of the >battery housing and the card's attached 128k cache I managed to make a >decent contact but the card was still flexed somewhat. Powering up the >CC yielded nothing save the power supply and fan turning on - no chimes, >video or anything else. I had already loaded the QuadControl 2.3 >Control Panel. Removing the card from the mobo resulted in a normal >startup. > Any ideas if this was ever intended for the CC? My only thoughts >are that it would work if there was a "riser" adapter for the PDS slot >that would give adequate clearance for the board. Anyone out there ever >had any experience with this card? Thanks!
Have you thought about moving the battery? It sounds like numerous people on this list have done so with Pluses due to the lack of availibility of the battery. Perhaps solder wires on the battery terminals and place the battery in a less obstructed area. Just a thought, J White Buy American S.O.S. Save Our Steel -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
