--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The 5500 uses the same logic board as the 6500 with a > single height PCI > riser. Thus it is a PCI Mac. > > Ken
After rereading the message a couple of times, I think what Dan was trying to say was the specifically the 5300 and its counterpart, the 5260, are actually Nubus based (for the most part anyway) and should not be discussed at length on the PCI Mac list. Since Dan runs this mail-list and related website, I am sure he has a pretty good handle on what does and doesn't qualify as a PCI Mac. For the most part, I think he was trying to head-off tangent discussion -- much like the one I am participating in now. Back to the 5500: I have one of these wonderful machines for my son. We are currently running 8.6 and it has been quite stable for the most part. The symptoms of unexplained crashes during installs may hang on a bad cable. Using Jerry "Chaos Manner" Pournelle's advice, this would be the first thing I would check. Unfortunately, knowing that the cable is less than accessible, this might not be so easy. Another thing you may want to look at is if the connectors on the motherboard are beginning to corrode. If they are, I am sure some denatured alcohol can get anything off the connections. In case you haven't done it before, the motherboard tray slides right out of the back. There is a small metal handle that unhooks from a plastic securing area that makes this task very simple. Now that I think of it, it may be that somehow the motherboard has become loose or unseated in someway and there is just a bad connection. Perhaps sliding the motherboard halfway out and the reseating may solve the problem. I went back and looked through the archives and I couldn't find what exact specs you are running on your 5500. Are you upgrading to OS 8 from 7.x or just trying to reinstall? How much RAM do you have? Any other info may help. Hopefully you can get this sorted out somehow and soon! Take care, Aaron Oechsli __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.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
