MACBOY wrote: > I've had this problem with my 8500, ended up being a loose connection from > the power cable to the drive, would boot up then shut down again, or just > not even boot up.Try another power and scsi cable if your HD bays are not > full.Even check the connection at the drive for a loose connection, might > have a bad power plug at your drive end. > > > Have you made sure you fully reseated the DIMMs, processor card, and > > any other removable after replacing the battery? > >>> Did you zap the PRAM? > >>> Also, does not hurt to reset the cuda switch. > >
Yeah, I had problems with my G4./400 upgrade card. turns out I didn't fully seat the G4/400 card in. Need to hear that click. Do try that long stick to hit that Cuda switch. I went thru a frustrating sequence doing that..after about 10 iterations I got my 8500 to boot. -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
