Hi,
Could possibly be poorly seated RAM, making an intermittant connection.
RAM failure should give an 8 tone chime of death, 4 tones usually
means a hardware failure.
Can you access the HD when booted from the floppy? If so you should at
least be able to do a backup at this point.
If you have the whole system on floppys you could try reinstalling it. That shouldn't hurt the data.
Apple has a 500 series service manual available for DL. Shows takeapart
procedures, troubleshooting, etc.
Best of luck,
Rick
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