I gave up on my 8500 with the blown chip on the motherboard when the opportunity of getting an 8600 presented itself, but it arrived today and is worse - atleast the 8500 made the start up chime (but went no further). This one has the light come on,fan and power supply work, hard disk sounds normal but there it ends. It was sold as "tested and working well". I'm wondering what might have happened in transit. I'm sure this has been covered before but I can't access my files very easily... This is what I have done: Changed the battery Pressed the hidden button (many times) Tried various assorted and different RAM sticks Tried the G3 Newertech CPU I had working in the 8500 Tried zapping the PRAM Each time it is the same. What else can I try? Thanks for any suggestions. Wil, Rural Queensland, Australia
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