Hello there,
Sounds like three possibilities. In order of probability : -
(1) No system software othe hard drives. Try launching from CD and
then load MacOS on one of the drives IF there is none present.
(2) The PRAM battery is Caput! Get a new one (preferably NOT by ebay,
they tend to be
Ken wrote:
Picked one of these today and brought it home to play with (for $5.00,
why not?!).
$5.00, why not indeed? :)
Opened it up and found two hard drives, both unplugged. One has an Apple
sticker, the other does not. The Apple drive is a Quantum ProDrive,
230MB. The other is a Seagate
Sque wrote:
Ken wrote:
Pulled logic board and reseated all RAM. Pulled dead PRAM battery,
waited 15 min and installed good battery.
Pulling the battery while the unit has a mains connection is a self
defeating test. In some cases (ppc is my only experience so far) the
mains and battery
At 1:13 PM -0600 2/5/2003, debkmaillist wrote:
[cross-posted to the MacAV list]
Hi,
My mom has had a Quadra 840AV for about 4 years. It has worked fine
for her basic needs -- mostly email and AppleWorks, some Photoshop 3.
It has 56mb RAM, a 2gb HD, runs OSv8.1
During the past few months, it has
No updates or anything lately? Has it been moved?
I had (have) an 840 that did the same thing (sort of) - except it would sit
for about 15-20 minutes, give a crash chime o' doom, then restart / start
up normally after that. I recall replacing the PRAM, giving the cables a
good re-attaching,
I've noticed that my G3 has begun to take a very long time to start as
well. 5 minutes, even if I do a restart from the pull down menu. 5
minutes no matter what. and 5 minutes of just a gray screen, with
nothing. Then it comes to a folder with a blinking question mark for
about 20 seconds,
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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 07:17:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Mauricio Santana
Subject: Re: Quadra 840 AV???
In-Reply-To:
There is no ROM or cache card on the board. I have
tried starting up
using only one piece of RAM. I must have tried about
eight different
pieces,
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:45:13 -0800
Subject: Re: Quadra 840AV
From: James S Jones
In-Reply-To:
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Itchy send finger syndrome strikes again.
Since you're not getting a start up chime, but were when you found this
machine, I'd say your problems are in one
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Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:38:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Mauricio Santana
Subject: Re: Quadra 840 AV
In-Reply-To:
my two cents:
I have worked with several quadras and 1st nubus macs
mediting videos, specially 840s and 8100s. I
encountered this problem (gray
Going back to your original post on this machine, you said that you'd
. . . 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
Nancy,
What general area do you live in? Perhaps there is a list member near
you who can render some hands-on assistance.
Derek
Chicago, IL area.
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On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 08:45AM, James S Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Itchy send finger syndrome strikes again.
Since you're not getting a start up chime, but were when you found this
machine, I'd say your problems are in one (or more) of five areas: RAM,
VRAM, NuBus cards, the
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Subject: Re: Quadra 840AV
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 23:26:02 +
I tried disconnecting the scsi cable from the motherboard, but still got
the same blank gray screen with the cursor up in the corner. No flashing
question mark, I'm sad to say. I
on 1/13/03 8:52 AM, Mark Benson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We have already established that the problem does nhot go away if she
completely disconnects all the internal SCSI devices. The above is, although
accurate, totally academic.
Try this
with only one ramstick firmly seated and no scsi
From: zhmmy harper
Subject: Re: Quadra 840AV
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 08:18:49 -0600
Message-ID:
Nancy,
Two things to try.
1. Drives usually require a teeny jumper on the back to be plugged in in a
particular way. Check with the mfr for proper configuration.
I downloaded the manual
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:16:10 -0600
Subject: Re: Quadra 840AV
From: R.A. Cantrell
Message-ID:
In-Reply-To:
on 1/13/03 8:52 AM, Mark Benson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We have already established that the problem does nhot go away if she
completely disconnects all the internal
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 20:49:23 -0800
Subject: Re: Quadra 840AV
From: James S Jones
In-Reply-To:
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What sort of monitor to you have attached to it?
I have been working on it using two different monitors - a Nanao F2-17
with an adapter that has proven
On Sunday, Jan 12, 2003, at 00:34 Europe/London, SimPanda wrote:
Hi, it's me again - the one with the Quadra 840AV that has the gray
screen with nothing but the cursor up in the left upper corner.
My 840av has been to hell and back a few times,. It's had more hard
disks than a NAS unit,
I tried disconnecting the scsi cable from the motherboard, but still got
the same blank gray screen with the cursor up in the corner. No flashing
question mark, I'm sad to say. I really thought this may have been the
problem since this began when I tried installing a 9 gig Barracuda. At
this
What sort of monitor to you have attached to it? Has it ever had a
NuBus video card in it? Have you tried starting it up with a TV monitor
connected to the RCA or S-Video jacks? How about toggling from TV to
monitor (cmdoptTV, I think). Did you replace the PRAM battery?
On Sunday, January 12,
SimPanda wrote:
Hi, it's me again - the one with the Quadra 840AV that has the gray
screen with nothing but the cursor up in the left upper corner.
Probably a real long shot but have you tried disconnecting the scsi
cable from the mother board and then trying to boot from the floppy.
Just
At 12:34 AM 1/12/2003 +, you wrote:
Hi, it's me again - the one with the Quadra 840AV that has the gray
screen with nothing but the cursor up in the left upper corner.
I've had a couple Macs do this when I accidently plug the SCSI cable into
the mobo or HD upside down. First thing I'd try is
Hello. I've been using my Quadra 840av to capture
some video clips with the Apple Video Player. It
works well. I transferred the clips to an iMac
ruinning OS 9.2.2 and a beige G3 running OS 8.6. The
clips play well on the newer Quicktime player. I
tried to use them on a PC running XP using
Hello. I've been using my Quadra 840av to capture
some video clips with the Apple Video Player. It
works well. I transferred the clips to an iMac
ruinning OS 9.2.2 and a beige G3 running OS 8.6. The
clips play well on the newer Quicktime player. I
tried to use them on a PC running XP using
--- John Kocijanski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello. I've been using my Quadra 840av to capture
some video clips with the Apple Video Player. It
works well. I transferred the clips to an iMac
ruinning OS 9.2.2 and a beige G3 running OS 8.6. The
clips play well on the newer Quicktime
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