thanks for the response. i tried everything, switching the various modules and taking out the battery and pressing the cuda button. nothing has worked. the result is that even with the original 2 32MB RAM modules the computer fails to turn on, the start button turns orange, there is no chime, the fan comes on, the screen remains dark, and there is no sound of hard drive activity. i am feeling quite beaten down at the moment.
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/20/04 21:23 PM >>> > > ::chuckles:: I've been gone from this list for a while and just recently returned... its almost like a soap opera you can pick back up in a day or so. This string or variants thereof pop up every so often and the the only real answer is there is no set answer. I've got a Rev B Bondi iMac. That I am typing on right now. It now currently has a 333 daughterboard in it that I got on ebay for $30.00 but I'll relate my experiences with the 233 daughterboard since they mirror yours. When I got it it had a 32 in the lower slot like they all came standard. I picked up a couple of 128 S0-DIMMS from Staples to pop in it since they were only 19.95 a piece. When I put them in I got the same thing you had. Just a flashing orange light. I pressed the CUDA switch, flashed PRAM, removed the battery and waited just for good measure but could not get it to work with either 128 in top or bottom position. The only thing that would bring the computer back to life was to put the original 32 Meg chip in the bottom slot, press the cuda switch and restart. Once I got it working again I tried leaving the 32 in the bottom slot and tried both of the 128's in the top slot and both worked as long as I didn't press the cuda switch after adding them. If I did the same flashing orange light would happen. So I gave the other 128 to my dad for his PC notebook and decided I'd have to live with 160 Megs of RAM in my lil Bondi. It was a very touchy situation because I found out my PRAM battery is dead (which I still haven't replaced 2 years later... I know I'm lazy..) so whenever power went out it in effect zapped my PRAM and then wouldn't recognize the 128 until I removed it pressed the CUDA then restarted with the 32... which takes about 20 minutes and a tremendous amount of hard drive activity when your start up is set to Jaguar... it just despises 32 Megs of RAM though it does start ;).... Then I'd put the 128 back in and restart and be back in business. I tried buying 2.2.2 RAM guaranteed to work in my computer and though I did get rid of the having to trick the computer into using the top RAM I never could get the bottom slot to recognize anything other than the original 32 Meg chip. I even tried a Apple made 64 from another iMac and that didn't work either. Also my particular computer recognizes only 128 out of 256 when its loaded in the top slot. I've tried 3 different 256 chips that work as 256 in other computers and its just the way it is. Finally when I put the 333 daughterboard in my bottom slot recognizes the 128 I used to have in the top and I took a 256 (Apple made) from another of my computers when I replaced it with a 512 and my lil Bondi still only recognizes 128 in the top.... so here I sit on my Bondi/333 with 256 Megs of RAM. Been a long journey getting here and a lot of taking it apart..but thats my story and I'm stick'n to it. :) Matt aka HamletUSMC http://geocities.com/hamletusmc __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --------------------------------------------------------------- -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
