On 25-11-2009 16:38, Bruce Johnson, [email protected], wrote: > A professor dug his old quicksilver (M8493) out of storage (been there > about 6 months) and it wouldn't start at all. Pressed the power > button, it flashed, then went off. Fans didn't even start up. It had > been running fine when it was put away. > > I suspected the PRAM battery, so we replaced to to no avail. > > I took the battery out, pressed the CUDA switch, and left it over night. > > Came in this morning, plugged the battery back in, pressed the CUDA > switch once, turned it on. Now it bongs, the fans rev up, then it > shuts down again.
Did you also unplug it from the wall? > Is this a bad PS or what? I've not got a lot of experience with this > particular model..this is the one with the weird-a** power supply, > too, right? I have had around 12 Quicksilvers and still 2 in use. Only had a bad power supply. Anyways see my e-mail to you privatly/OffList because of an attachment. Jo Hissel -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
