John, > >Now I have a problem--just got the 8600/300 with a Newer Tech G3/500 >processor card from eBay. It will not startup -- it chimes and looks like >all is well until it hangs at about 20% thru the startup bar.
> I tried starting up with >spacebar down--I had a different result. It ended with a dialog box saying >"illegal command had been used". Now it will not get to the startup process >bar. It now stops after the smiley Mac face and goes to a gray screen. > A grey screen at bootup is virtually always a SCSI Termination issue. Check with the seller to see if they may have put a new drive in the machine before shipping it to you otherwise you should open her up and reseat all of the cables, chips and cards to make sure that none of them were knocked loose in transit. -- Aloha, Ken Go the extra mile, it's never crowded. -- 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
