OK. So here's the story so far. I recently acquired a Classic II to replace my dead Plus (I want to fix the Plus, but I'll ask about that in another installment).
The first day I got it and turned it on, it just started up with some vertical bars on the screen. Eventually it booted on it's own after sitting for a while. Over the next few days it got worse until one day it would not boot at all. I did an Internet search, and found ONE measly reference to this problem in a post on some random message board. Someone said it was commonly related to dust and corrosion, and that a new battery wouldn't hurt either. Well, knowing I already needed a new battery, I went out and got one. I opened it up and installed the battery, then proceeded to clean out ALL the dust from the logic board. There is no corrosion anywhere that I can see. I got what I could from the vertical board (power board?) but there is still dust way back in that corner, and I don't want to risk getting shocked to death by the picture tube. So now I turn it on, and half the time it displays those same bars and half the time it just displays a black screen (which didn't happen before). I'm worried that maybe I fried the motherboard while cleaning it (hope not, I've only had the machine a week!). But the hard disk still spins up which makes me think maybe I didn't. Ever since cleaning it, I cannot get it to boot at all. To ANYONE out there who has an idea of what is going on, PLEASE HELP! Thanks in advance, Nat ------------ Nat Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------ -- 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> --> 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
