Thanks Ed & Steve, I can't do any extension changes or zapping because I can't get it that far. It will not start with OS7.5/OS8/Norton Utilities CD manually placed in the CD drive, with/without pressing shift/alt/apple/delete. The motherboard runs ok when inserted into my 6400.
I suspected the CD drive, so I disconnected it, but its the same. Do macs normally start with CD disconnected? There is no switch arching noise and I don't know how to test the psu. I then suspected the HD. I put my good 6400 OS9 IDE HD in the 5200 and it also started for 2 secs. I haven't tried my good G3 HD in the 5200 for fear of damaging my work. So I put the 5200 HD in my 6400 and it didn't start, with/without CD. I put the 5200 HD in my G3 and it didn't start. I then started the G3 from an OS8 CD and, although it didn't see the 5200 HD on the desktop, the Disk Utility saw it. But re-formating failed. Since it all went wrong when I inserted an audio CD, something must have happened then. The 5200 was on sleep at the time, under Energy Saver control panel. How does that switch the psu? Is that a pram setting? Are there other ways of startup zapping apart from pressing P+R? If I could just disable Energy Saver. Roy > From: Steve Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Mac UK) > Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:05:29 +0100 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Mac UK) > Subject: Re: 5200 not restarting > > on 13/6/02 1:00 am, kingsrd at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Wonder if anyone has any suggestions. >> >> My 5200 shut down as soon as I inserted a music CD (not Celine Dion). >> On restart, it chimes normally and the hard drive spins. Bit it shuts down >> after 2 seconds. >> >> Pressing Shift on Restart is no use. >> I can't start on CD using shift/alt/apple/delete. >> I tried the motherboard in my 6400 and it works there. >> I have swopped the batteries. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Roy Tam >> Dorset >> > > This is an odd one, as it only shuts down when a music CD is inserted, not > data? Will it run normally without any CD inserted? > > If the logic board and keyboard has been tested OK or isolated, it only > leaves the PSU and CD drive as culprits. There is no way only a music CD but > not a data CD can shut down, as powered completely off, a Mac. The same goes > for the CD, there is no difference between reading a music or data CD. > > The only faults I've ever seen causing shutdown at startup, or shortly > afterwards have been due to a poor mains switch arcing, it will feel weak > and you can hear the arcing as it fails. > > Steve Bell > > > -- > > > -- > Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.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/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.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/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
