Thanks for this great/interesting info! I will check it. Cheers,
Stephen PS do you think it should work even with a dead pram battery or should I swap it for a good one just to be sure (that case design is a bear, you have to remove the logic board just to swap a battery)? On Monday 10 May 2004 02:35, Gianlorenzo Masini wrote: > Quite often 840 AV behave very strangely at boot: led and power supply > turn on (and, of course, hard disk start spinning) however boot is not > initiated. I have experienced that this condition can last for up to 15 > minutes before boot starts regularly ! In general, this strange > condition occurs when the computer has been disconnected from mains for > a certain time (regardless the status of the PRAM battery, the presence > of NU-BUS cards, keyboard etc.). My guess is that some 'access > conflict' occurs between the 68040 and the DSP preventing the first > from taking control and start boot since I have never noticed a similar > behavior on the otherwise similar Q800. > > My suggestion is to try to turn on the computer and wait... If it will > start then buy it: it is a fantastic machine (especially when equipped > with the Spigot power AV card for full frame full speed video > acquisition on a 40 MHz machine...) > > Gianlorenzo -- 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> --> 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
