on 2/29/04 9:39 AM, Fluxstringer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >> I recently got an 8600/300 at the local Salvation Army, and cannot >> get it to boot. If I try to boot from cd (tried 8.0, 8.5, and 9.1), >> it will chime, the monitor will come on, and then nothing. Bad >> cdrom? I tried changing it, and no difference. I've got a copy of >> the old network access floppy, tried that, and I get the happy mac, >> and no further. Swapped out memory, no good. Tried a 604e/200 >> processor card, don't even get a chime. Tried a known good hard >> drive with OS 8.1, nothing. Bad motherboard? >> > @@@@@@@@@ > > > > I think you need two sticks of good VRAM installed for this machine to boot. > > And as always check the slots and seating. >
Flux is on to something. I had a Mac here recently not boot because of bad VRAM. Once replace with a known-good set, it happily booted and is still among the worker Macs of my household. Jeff G -- 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
