I have a Quadra 840AV that I found one day on my way home from work. I brought it home, hooked it up to my monitor and keyboard, and found it worked just fine. I decided to do a few upgrades on it by adding memory and filling the vram slots. Since then I can not get it to start up again. When I try to start it, I get no chime, just a blank gray screen with the cursor in the upper left hand corner. Here's a list of what I've tried to remedy the problem with no results: I removed all of the upgrades I added except for one simm that I know is good. No go. I tried starting up from a system floppy. No go. Just the blank gray screen with the cursor that won't move. I tried starting up from an original Quadra 840AV system CD. See above. I replaced the PRAM battery with a brand new one. No good even after I have left it without a battery overnight. I tried zapping the PRAM. I have checked all of my cables numerous times, and all seem to be seated solidly. I have no external SCSI items connected to the machine.
Right now my biggest fear is that I may have damaged the motherboard with static, even though I was very careful. But I must admit I had one hell of a time getting everything aligned properly each time I put the motherboard back. Is this something other Quadra 840AV owners have experienced? Is there anything I can do to fix it? Nancy -- Quadlist 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> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> 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/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
