Re: Powerwave suddenly won't boot

2005-07-04 Thread michael S. Macdonald
Right you were Robert. Good one Robert ! Mac 2Ci master guru Steve Strahm once explained to me the reason he wouldn't buy used RAM is that they can incur damage that doesn't show up for some time from even a minor discharge of static electricity when handled. This, of course, didn't deter

Re: Powerwave suddenly won't boot

2005-07-03 Thread Karl Seitz
Right you were Robert. Took one dimm module out and it got a little further along in the boot process from the hard drive and even further from the external CD, although both froze. Took a second module out and it boots fine. In retrospect bad dimm might also explain some occasional minor p

Re: Powerwave suddenly won't boot

2005-07-03 Thread Robert H . Baucom
Seems like I remember this problem before being traced to a bad RAM dimm ??? Have you tried the archives? Why don't you pick up another internal CD drive. The old Mac units are going for about $10.00 at the Dallas electronics flea market. RHB On Jul 3, 2005, at 9:13 AM, Karl Seitz wrote: I ha