Try this: disconnect all cables incl. power, remove pram battery, press start button slowly about 5 times, let the Mac rest for an hour at least, try to rebuild the OS with another HDD (try classic OS first); you may even remove the Rom Dimm, the Dimms and check the gold leads for oxidation and rub carefully with a soft pencil eraser or other eraser. Best George (your clock is showing 1970) --- Heok Hee Ng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd still suspect a software problem before a bad > IDE bus. > > I'm not sure the problem is software-related > anymore, as I cannot even > boot from a CD, let alone the hard drives (I tried > both my master and > slave drives, and chances are very slim that both > drives would have > software problems or go bad at the same time). > Every time I start the > computer, I get a black screen followed by the gray > screen with the > question mark floppy very much later. Pressing any > keys in any > combination didn't help. > > Heok Hee >
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