Hi Brian, 'Fail to boot' means that the cursor appears, but the screen remains blank, and the internal HDD is not making the usual spinning noises. The flashing disk may or may not appear - I realize that is a good sign as it usually leads to recognition of a system folder wherever it may be (incl. the FDD).
Zapping the PRAM - yes, incl. using TechTools' method. We have taken apart the internals and let them 'rest' overnight. We have not tried the 'short circuit' method suggested before installing a drive bigger than 4 Gig (too risky). Questions: If the PRAM battery is removed - does zapping the PRAM do anything? Does anybody remember the battery issue? (I'm shooting in the dark, here.) There was something about the batteries not being charged properly while inside the battery bay, or something, because of a faulty connection. Best George --- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is fail to boot? Flashing disk icon, or just > sitting there > blank-screened? > > Did you zap the PRAM? I think Bruce might have > mentioned that before, I > don't recall if you said you had or not. > > I've seen a situation (n=2 actually) where a desktop > that had booted from a > ZIP disk, got something entered in the PRAM that > REALLY WANTED a bootable > zip else it would fail to startup. Zapping the PRAM > fixed it. Almost the > same problem, yours could be getting hung up > scanning the SCSI bus and > never proceeding to the internal drive. > > PRAM reset: This is different from the power > manager, as I'm sure you know. > > Brian __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
