Re: Power Mac 6100/60 only showing a gray screen

2015-05-29 Thread jrreidsma
Alright, I got the capacitors changed on almost all of the computers. Good news and bad news so far. Good news is that every computer so far that was working is still working after being recapped and also my Mac classic II is now working! So I increased my vintage Mac collection by one :D Bad

Re: Power Mac 6100/60 only showing a gray screen

2015-05-19 Thread jrreidsma
Yep, everything happens except the image in the middle of the floppy disk. I get the chord sound, mouse in the upper left, and gray screen. The quadra and powermac 6100 need hard drives, so I ordered them for them. The one machine works fine so I needed the drive anyways. If this computer that

Re: Power Mac 6100/60 only showing a gray screen

2015-05-19 Thread Jeff Walther
On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 11:14:31 AM UTC-5, Jeff Walther wrote: On Monday, May 18, 2015 at 11:37:37 AM UTC-5, Violet Cloud wrote: After washing it it still only shows the gray screen. Does it make the start-up sound? At boot, you should get a start-up chord or bong, then the gray

Re: Power Mac 6100/60 only showing a gray screen

2015-05-19 Thread Jeff Walther
On Monday, May 18, 2015 at 11:37:37 AM UTC-5, Violet Cloud wrote: After washing it it still only shows the gray screen. Does it make the start-up sound? At boot, you should get a start-up chord or bong, then the gray screen, then the mouse cursor should appear, in the upper left corner,

Re: Power Mac 6100/60 only showing a gray screen

2015-05-18 Thread jrreidsma
After washing it it still only shows the gray screen. I got two SCSI 50 pin hard drives coming in the mail and I am in the process of getting capacitors, the 6500 post is about that. So I guess we will see what happens after those. I will also have two more Mac classics as I have some of them

Re: Power Mac 6100/60 only showing a gray screen

2015-05-18 Thread Charles
Have you checked the P ram battery should be 3.6 V Sent from my iPhone On May 18, 2015, at 12:37 PM, jrreid...@gmail.com wrote: After washing it it still only shows the gray screen. I got two SCSI 50 pin hard drives coming in the mail and I am in the process of getting capacitors, the

Re: Power Mac 6100/60 only showing a gray screen

2015-05-18 Thread Charles
could you check it with a meter just to be sure its got voltage.. with leaky caps odd things can happen. On May 18, 2015, at 4:19 PM, jrreid...@gmail.com wrote: The little 1/2 aa 3.6v? Yea I replaced it with a new one the day I got the computer. On May 18, 2015, at 3:56 PM, Charles

Re: Power Mac 6100/60 only showing a gray screen

2015-05-18 Thread jrreidsma
The little 1/2 aa 3.6v? Yea I replaced it with a new one the day I got the computer. On May 18, 2015, at 3:56 PM, Charles hardwarem...@gmail.com wrote: Have you checked the P ram battery should be 3.6 V Sent from my iPhone On May 18, 2015, at 12:37 PM, jrreid...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Power Mac 6100/60 only showing a gray screen

2015-05-14 Thread Jonathan Morton
On 14 May, 2015, at 22:08, jrreid...@gmail.com wrote: Here is what it looks like on the inside http://i961.photobucket.com/albums/ae92/jreidsma/image.jpg1_zps1alylaal.jpg I don't think it has the ROM stick, I am guessing it goes in the three slotted spot like it does in the quadra.

Re: Power Mac 6100/60 only showing a gray screen

2015-05-14 Thread jrreidsma
Removed both ram sticks and it booted the same way, gray screen with the mouse cursor but nothing else. On May 13, 2015, at 11:09 PM, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: Try removing all the RAM SIMMs. There is memory built in to the MB so it should still boot. Also, in plug all drives

Re: Power Mac 6100/60 only showing a gray screen

2015-05-14 Thread Dylan McDermond
On May 14, 2015, at 12:06 PM, jrreid...@gmail.com wrote: Removed both ram sticks and it booted the same way, gray screen with the mouse cursor but nothing else. This can happen if the SCSI hard drive is mostly dead but not all dead. Alive enough for the Mac to see it but dead enough it

Power Mac 6100/60 only showing a gray screen

2015-05-13 Thread Violet Cloud
Hi again :) Along with the quadra I got, I obtained a 6100/60 Mac that is also giving me issues. When it boots it only shows a gray screen, but without the question mark floppy in the middle. And it will not boot to anything. I have tried holding command + option + p + r already but it didn't

Re: Power Mac 6100/60 only showing a gray screen

2015-05-13 Thread Clark Martin
Try removing all the RAM SIMMs. There is memory built in to the MB so it should still boot. Also, in plug all drives and any peripherals except the video monitor. Then try booting it and see if you get the question mark. KK6ISP Yet another designated driver on the information super highway.