Hey tim and thanks for the reply. The units don't make the chime sound and I can't here anything come to life internally. The cd drive has both its power and ide cables connected but I can't seem to find a ide cable for the harddrive so i'm assuming that that has also been removed however I see a spare power connector that would fit the harddrive.
Based on this and on what you saying about the powrer button, would you say that these units quite lightly have broken logic boards? Again, thanks for the reply. On 30/06/2009, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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 > > > > > -- Kind regards, BEN. email: [email protected] msn: [email protected] web: http://www.bmr.me.uk (under construction) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
