Thanks for the reply, but I'm pretty sure I didn't break the hard drive cable.
Besides, I started getting the Sad Mac BEFORE I opened the 2300 to reseat the RAM. Any other suggestions? --sam Paul Nelson said at �[Duo2400] Re: Sad Mac... HELP!!!�. [12/28/2001 13:09] > You're more likely to have broken the cable, if you hooked it up correctly > when you redid it. Hard drives are sturdy things. > Paul > > > >Here is the latest in my saga... > > > >1. I tried reseating the RAM, but that didn't work. > >2. I tried removing the RAM altogether, but that didn't work either. > > > >Then I did something completely by mistake... I had inadvertantly > unhooked > >the hard drive ribbon cable. > > > >When I went to boot up... I no longer had a sad mac. I had a flashing > >question mark instead. > > > >I'm afraid the hard drive might be completely lost. When I boot up from > >floppy in my dock, I can't "see" the hard drive at all. > > > >Any suggestions? > >--sam > > > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] said at �[Duo2400] Re: Sad Mac... HELP!!!�. > >[12/06/2001 09:03] > > > >> In answer to both posts... > >> I had a happy mac, then came the sad mac. > >> > >> I tried to reboot several times, but no cigar. > >> > >> I'm out of town right now, but when I get back home tomorrow I'll > reseat > >> the ram as suggested and try to boot from floppy to see if that makes a > >> difference. > >> > >> Thanks for the suggestions... > >> --sam > >> > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------- > >> Sidney Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >On 12/4/01 Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> I booted up my 2300c today and all seemed well until I saw the sad > mac; > >> >> 0000000F / 00000069 > >> >> > >> >> Does anyone have any idea what that error code means? I'm dead > >> without my > >> >> little baby. :( > >> > > >> >Luckily, "F" Exceptions are almost always software errors. Eg: > >> > > >> >> F = Exception 0064 Couldn't Read System File into Memory > >> > > >> >Just reboot and try again. It doesn't appear to be anything serious. > If > >> >problems persist let the list know exactly where in the bootup > process it > >> >occurs. You appear to have serious software corruption but that can > even > >> >happen, as a one-off, with corrupt remnant fragments in ram from a > >> previous > >> >warm reboot (and not be HD related). The less serious case is a bomb > and > >> a > >> >freeze is even more benign but these can happen (one-off) even with a > >> >perfectly good system/directory and the next reboot is OK. > >> > > >> >Also check ram card seating. > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > >---------- > >Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! > >A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. > >FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> > >Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> > > > >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Need help from a real person? 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