on 7/23/04 6:54 AM, Gary Witmer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you got THAT far with it, there's a great chance it'll go the rest of the way. to try it out, you can use as little as a i gig hard drive. Dirt cheap by now. The 6400 requires a special knowledge of it's disassembly. The hard drive's up front. I, because I love Macs, would take that chance with the machine and buy a hard drive and install an 8.1 or earlier System and do a complete and thorough "burn-in" test. 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
