> Hi Ben, You wrote: I've just been given to emacs that seem to have been taken out of some > > form of office. They were given to me on the understanding that they > might not work and at the end of the day, I would be getting them for > free so I couldn't really complain. > Turning both of them on yeelds nothing which I sort of expected. > Removing the casing tells me that someones been quite intheusiastic > with there fingers - memory and harddrives have been removed but no > worry, I have plenty of components that can fill the gaps. TK: Did either of them make the startup chime noise? Did their power supplies appear to send power to the unit?
Ben cont'd: One other thing that became obvious when looking inside was that when > > the components had been removed, the remover hadn't bothered to > reconnect anything back up - there are several cables that look like > they should be connected to things but aren't. > Whilst googling for service manuals, I found out that the power button > had to be connected to the motherboard which thinking about it makes a > lot of sence. When I removed the casing, I didn't have to disconnect > anything from the power button, nor can I find anything that would > seem to fit near the power button as far as cables go. > TK: As far as I remember, there's no cable to worry about, pressing the power button will make contact with the necessary component on the power supply unit. Ben cont'd: Where on earth is the harddrive meant to go? I've had a pretty good > > look inside and I can't even find a place for a caddy, let alone > finding a caddy with a drive in it. TK: The HD usually slips right underneath the CD/DVD drive. It's kind of a double device holder. > Ben cont'd: What do you think all the connectors are for and where > are they meant > to go? As a *very* vague guide, one looks like the 4 pin 12v connector > that you get on most psu's, one looks like a floppy connector that you > get on psu's and another looks like a pci express power connector but > obviously there not going to be any of those, they were meerly > examples. > > TK: There should be power supply connection to both the CD/DVD > drive and the HD along with the flat cabling for connecting the HD. > Ben cont'd: If anyone has any pointers I would be very greatfull. > TK: I'm a little rusty on these units but if I have time I'll open an old one up at work just for fun. For the most part, these units are more expensive to repair than to purchase a new model as what normally goes wrong is part of the logic board and that's simply too big of a job to justify the expense. They were quite reliable machines though and I still have over 60 units working well at the school. Later... Tim Kilburn & Carter the Canine Fort McMurray, AB Canada --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
