Howdy, about a year and a half ago, I bought an 8500/120 to upgrade. I promptly brought it home, cracked open the case and started to take it apart (like a puzzle) to clear out the dust and familiarize myself with the interior. I had planned to immediately upgrade it (mostly for fun, we already had a yosemite G3 in the house). Well, I never got to it and today I wanted to put it back together as is and start to use it while I actually do save up for an upgrade.
I put it back together as best I could and it is powering up, but the monitor stays dark then powers down. I tried changing the pram twice and got the same problem (but both prams are old a '95 and a '98...have no way of knowing if they are "good"). Then I realized cpu card wasn't seated fully, pushed it in as far as it would go...still the same problem. Should I just track down a new(er) pram? Or is it possible I left something unconnected inside? I have been looking around for diagrams to the mainboard or anything like that and I haven't had any luck. Can someone here point me in the right direction? I'm new to upgrading macs, but I can be fairly handy with hardware when necessary :) Thanks in advance... Caitlin -- 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
