Greetings Listers: My 8600 refuses to start up. I had to do a hard shutdown 2 weeks ago. Then I got it to start up a couple of times from a zip rescue disk (wouldn't read any system disk). Then, the same day, just no start. No chimes.
I've tried the following things: replace the PRAM battery (granted, I'm not sure if the replacement was good either since I found it in some supplies) BTW, can anyone tell me which way it's supposed to go into the slot -- I swear it came out reversed from what the icons indicate. Unhooked the HDs, zip, cd, and tried to start. Took all the ram out and tried to start. Took the Sonnet G3 upgrade card out, reset the CUDA, put it back in (I don't have another to test that part) Any ideas? The HDs spin up, if the disk is in the Zip it tries to go -- But absolutely NO chimes at all. Appreciate any help. Power supply? Mother board? Any "easy" way to test those things? Thank you. I really miss it -- just got a dsl connection; the older computers are okay, but the 8600 has was so much quicker (and has absolutely too many documents on it I need). Sincerely, pat __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
