[1st] Re: dead 6116?

2004-12-23 Thread Richard Schall
owerMacs" <1st-powermacs@mail.maclaunch.com> > Subject: [1st] Re: dead 6116? > >> Keep the feed back coming as you are all having so much fun with this little >> problem of mine. >> >> While I still have your attention - If I am unable to rejuvenate my perform

[1st] Re: dead 6116?

2004-12-23 Thread Bill Judson
> Keep the feed back coming as you are all having so much fun with this little > problem of mine. > > While I still have your attention - If I am unable to rejuvenate my performa > - I need to retrieve some data on the hard drive, can I plug this unit into > my beige G3 is it compatible? Yes, th

[1st] Re: dead 6116?

2004-12-22 Thread Richard Schall
Wow, that's allot of info people, thanks for all of the input. I tried a new pram battery and still nada, not a thing. on the monitor thought I am using the monitor on my new used beige G3 so that wasn't the issued either. I do believe that my performa has finally bit the dust unless somebody else

[1st] Re: dead 6116

2004-12-22 Thread Clark Martin
At 3:12 PM -0600 12/22/04, Jackie Klinnert wrote: I don't have any documentation relating to the trickle charge theory, but I do have a personal experience with it. My mom turned off the power strip every night that her Performa 6300 was connected to. She was needing a PRAM battery every year un

[1st] Re: dead 6116?

2004-12-22 Thread Bill Judson
> As far as the trickle voltage you refer to, to the best of my knowledge, that > serves to allow the computer to respond to the keyboard power switch, and > doesn't have anything to do with the pram. > > Kevin In my personal experience machines that don't have keyboard startup & don't have a pas

[1st] Re: dead 6116

2004-12-22 Thread Andrew Conachey
w I just leave my computer plugged in all the time. It remembers the pram settings even when I turn off the computer Andrew -Original Message- From: 1st PowerMacs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jackie Klinnert Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 3:12 PM To: 1st PowerMacs Subject:

[1st] Re: dead 6116?

2004-12-22 Thread Nat
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "1st PowerMacs" <1st-powermacs@mail.maclaunch.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 9:34 AM Subject: [1st] Re: dead 6116? > As far as the trickle voltage you refer to, to the best of my knowledge, that serves

[1st] Re: dead 6116

2004-12-22 Thread Jackie Klinnert
I don't have any documentation relating to the trickle charge theory, but I do have a personal experience with it. My mom turned off the power strip every night that her Performa 6300 was connected to. She was needing a PRAM battery every year until I convinced her not to do that. Her last PRAM

[1st] Re: dead 6116?

2004-12-22 Thread Godai-kun
As a general rule, you should always unplug any computer before inserting a new card. It's more critical on some machines than on others, but leaving it plugged in is inviting possibly shorting out both the card and the motherboard if your hand slips and something touches where it shouldn't. No

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2004-12-22 Thread pyoung
Hi, Is there any benefit to keeping a computer plugged into a live circuit as opposed to having it plugged into a power strip which is turned off when not in use? I thought I read somewhere that on the 8100 one needed to unplug the AC before inserting nubus cards because of some trickle voltage

[1st] Re: dead 6116?

2004-12-22 Thread Edward Rhodes
--- Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My Reply follows quote. On 21/12/2004 09:20 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > > >--- Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> My Reply follows quote. On 20/12/2004 07:17 > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >> > >>> Here's the situation. I have a 6116 and a 6115

[1st] Re: dead 6116?

2004-12-21 Thread Ken
My Reply follows quote. On 21/12/2004 09:20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >--- Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> My Reply follows quote. On 20/12/2004 07:17 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >> >>> Here's the situation. I have a 6116 and a 6115 >>> performa's and both are acting the same way. >>> Upon

[1st] Re: dead 6116?

2004-12-21 Thread Edward Rhodes
--- Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My Reply follows quote. On 20/12/2004 07:17 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > >Here's the situation. I have a 6116 and a 6115 > performa's and both are > >acting the same way. Upon start up I hear the chime > and then here the > >computer accessing the hard dri

[1st] Re: dead 6116?

2004-12-20 Thread Antonio Rodríguez
If there is disk activity, it looks like the machine is booting properly but the monitor isn't workig for some reason. What kind of monitor are you using? Does the monitor work with other Macs? Is it an VGA monitor connected through an DB-15 to VGA adapter? If so, are the adapter's switches correct

[1st] Re: dead 6116?

2004-12-20 Thread ANdrei
had smtg dfferent happening on a pizza-box Mac (the performa 475 or so)... i insisted, and eventually it booted (i remember i opened the cover, pushed the rams into the slots and so on, but don't think this was the issue) and so it does now... every then and when it does this again once or twice

[1st] Re: dead 6116?

2004-12-20 Thread Ken
My Reply follows quote. On 20/12/2004 07:17 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >Here's the situation. I have a 6116 and a 6115 performa's and both are >acting the same way. Upon start up I hear the chime and then here the >computer accessing the hard drive then nothing no happy face no sad face >nothing. I