Mark, You might've fried the SCSI circuitry... If you want to email me offlist, I have a couple 9600's that I'm parting out, as well as a spare 9600/200 board that I don't need.
I did this same thing to an old IIsi. The cooling fan for the system is powered by a couple contacts on the board that mate with two prongs on the bottom of the fan assembly. Well, my IIsi's fan would keep stopping. Found that if I slapped it downward lightly, it'd make contact again and start working. Probably should've taken it apart and cleaned everything instead, though. Since, one afternoon, I did it a little too hard and shorted the external SCSI connector with the prongs. Got the sad mac tones of death, then, it would turn on, fans would start, hard drive would spin up, but nothing else would occur. The SCSI chip had been fried. Was cheaper to find a good used IIsi then to have this one resurrected. -J > Hi, > > I've got a 9600 which has a cd-rom/floppy and a zip drive in it. > > The Zip was disconnected when i bought it and in an effort to connect it - i > connected the SCSI ribbon and put the power adaptor into the unit and > switched it on. > > It seems i may have plugged this cable in upside down or something as the > 9600 tried to power up but then turned off - there was a very small amount > of smoke from the back of the zip unit. i unplugged the zip completed and > tried to boot - the machine now switches on and the fans, etc kick in but it > doesnt seem to get any further than that. > > Anyone have any idea what i have 'blown'???? > > Regards > > Mark > -- 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
