I rescued a performa 6400/180 sitting out by the curb for the garbageman, brought it home and fired it up. Got a nice chime out of it, then the blinking question mark indicating it couldn't find the system folder. I put a restore/disk first aid disk from my performa 580CD in the cd-rom to use for a startup disc, but of course it wouldn't work. It did seem to read the cd though, as it gave me a message about how that cd won't work in the 6400.
I then opened the machine up and discovered that the HD had been removed. My question is: Is there an easy/inexpensive way to verify that the rest of this machine, primarily the motherboard and components are good, before I go to the bother and expense of putting in another hard drive? Or do I just have to take my chances? Thanks Gary mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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
