At 8:54 PM -0500 1/27/03, Bernadette wrote:
>A couple weeks ago I found a Mac PowerBook 165 at a flea market for $9.99.
>I confess I have a tendency to drag home old Macs like kids drag home stray
>animals. When I turn it on I get the start up chime. Then I get 8 musical
>notes that let me know it is not happy. Screen lights up or at least turns
>grey but no face appears. I have never had a PowerBook before so I do not
>know where to start.
>
>Is this a write off or is there something I can try that might get it
>working again. By working I mean I would like to load and play games I had
>on my old Mac Plus like Dungeon of Doom, Galax or Dark Castle.
I'd take it apart (battery out) and check the RAM module for being
loose, or perhaps faulty. One screw at the back, by the modem, and four
screws on the bottom. Torx T-8 screwdriver. Reach in and disattach the
video cable, just inside, and scoot forward just a bit to clear little
catches at the front.
Try taking out the RAM (just to the left of the video cable
attachment first, put it back together (don't bother with the screws),
reattaching the video cable last, plug in power and battery, and try it.
Paul
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