>Hi there, folks!
>
>Here I am with a dead WGS 8550/200 AND a dead 2400.
>
>Well, the 2400 probably has a dead logic board. (that's what the original
>owner said in the Ebay listing, anyway) However, I want to eliminate the
>I/O board and the 603e processor board, too. So if anyone wants to ship me
>their 2400 so i can dismantle it and swap parts with mine until I figure
>out what is broken, please e-mail me and I will send my address!
>
>Just kidding. However, I have dismantled this machine repeatedly, and am
>getting quite good at it. Anyway, I have gotten it to start up to a
>flashing question mark twice. One of those time I connected the floppy and
>inserted the 8.1 PPC Disk Tools disk. It booted to an error (it was just
>the outline of the error box flickering at high speed. It did show the
>MacOS splash screen on that occasion (Blac and White b/c it was the disk
>tools disk.)
>
>Both of these startup moments were immediately after disassembly. I have
>tried leaving the machine unplugged, battery removed, PRAM battery removed
>for 24+ hours, and no luck. I have disassembled the machine at least six
>times, if not ten, and only teice has is chimed and started up. Otherwise,
>simply the green light/click of death.
Didnt somone on this list have similar symptoms, and it turned out to
be a bad connection between the CPU and motherboard ? Is the
connection loose ? Can you try and boot it while applyling slight
pressure on the CPU card ?
Mad Dog
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