It's usually a dead pram battery.

Bill

Scott Holder wrote:
> 
> Hey there,
> 
> Just bought a Starmax 4000 from OWC, as well as the proper memory for it,
> but when I turn it on I get the chime and then just a blank, totally bright
> white screen. It never goes to the classic gray with rounded corners, just
> sits there. I left it like that for a good hour or so so it's not a matter
> of a long memory check. Tried zapping the PRAM, pressing the cuda button,
> etc etc, to no avail. I've tried it with no devices connected, and with
> CDROM and HD connected. With the HD connected, it just spins up and spins
> down endlessly.
> 
> Any ideas? Is it dead? Or might it be a memory problem? I got 2 64 meg chips
> so I'm stuck with the one arrangement.
>

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