yeah that might be it most times I hit the power button and the 6500 comes right on... but occasionally I hit the power button, the startup chime comes on, and then nothing happens for about 10 or 20 seconds, then the machine actually starts to power up it's odd but I never really thought about it
james ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 4:36 PM Subject: Re: 6500 Problems > The last time I had this problem, I was attempting to put a 55/6500 > mobo in a Performa. Re-did HD, Software, ram, etc., but nothing > changed. Then I switched to a better power supply. Fixed it. Been > running solid for over a year now. > > Could be your power supply is going out? > > Just my best guess, since what you are experiencing is almost identical > to the problems I had before changing PS's... > > Stan in Denver > > --- James McLaren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have no idea how, but my 6500 won't seem to work properly anymore. > > Any > > attempt at a normal boot up gives an error 11, even when trying to > > boot off > > a system CD (both OS 8 and OS 9.1). I am forced to boot up without > > extensions and disable the Shared Library Manager PPC. The 6500 will > > now > > boot properly but, as everyone knows, almost nothing will run > > properly > > without the ASLM-PPC. Once I am actually booted into OS 8 or OS 9, > > if I run > > the System Profiler, the computer name only shows up as "Mac > > Compatible" and > > not "Powermac 6500" as it should. > > > > There are no upgrade cards or anything of the sort. I have zapped > > the PRAM > > 7 times, reset the logic board, and installed a new hard drive. > > > > Does anyone have any ideas? > > > > James > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.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 > -- 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
