Hi. It might be the power supply which is broken. Best regards Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: [email protected] Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/
On 30/06/2009, at 20.34, ben mustill-rose wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
