Paul Stamsen wrote: > Boy, I'm really in trouble here. The battery on my new 8500 seemed > dead, because the date went south twice, so I installed a new one. In > the process, I must have messed up, because now when I try to > startup, the drive lights up, rattles, spins and so on, then shuts > back down. > > I can't get it to fully boot up, Even with a startup CD in it. > > Ideas?
Hi Not too long ago I accidentally broke my 8500/120 I had owned for about 4 years (which I replaced with my 8500/150). If I hadn't seen what I did I would have never found out and I would have gone crazy looking for a way to make the mac work. I don't know if my mac was missing something but since the board was showing (in the 8500/150 there is 2 plastics bars that keep it safe from the cover when you open it) well I had opened it at least 100 times, all the harddrives I used on other macs that I was fixing were formatted there, so it was rutine for me. I remember I took the case out and felt a tiny crack, then heard the tiny little thing fall (it was like a silver cilinder). Practically my jaw dropped. I wanted to see how the mac reacted upon powering up but the screen just remained gray. Well, I was pretending to myself I was ok, but upon waking up the next day and realizing she was gone I started crying (I had the 4400/120 that helped me cope with the loss). I mean the dissapointment was so bad after so many years fixing, repairing and selling macs I broke my OWN mac. I don't know if any of you have felt like an attachment to some things and feel sad when you have to part with them or they bite the dust. I am ok and think it's ok after all, cause now I got the faster version 150Mhz. But I do NOT want to have to deal with such a thing again, really. Liliana -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
