Hi All, I know this is off topic, but I don't know who else to ask. I have a serious problem with my 9600. It will not start up! I am hoping some of the great minds on this list can offer suggestions.
I recently installed an ATA/100 PCI card and a large IDE hard drive. (Sonnet and Segate) The 9600 is/was SCSI only. The IDE drive has been flaky, but I have been getting things straightened out. Several hours ago, I decided to do some maintenance work, to see if that would clear up the remaining flaky issues. Normal maintenance routine is: Run Disk First Aid, Zap PRAM, Rebuild Desktop, Run Disk Warrior, Run Norton Disk Doctor. DIsk First Aid found and fixed a couple of minor items. I ran Disk First Aid again, to be sure everything was fine. When I ran TechTools Lite, to zap the PRAM, it did not seem to work as usual. When the system restarted all I got was the desktop pattern - no drive icons, no trash can, nothing. A restart gave me the same desktop pattern with nothing else. I tried booting from Disk Warrior, and got the usual CDs pictures as the screen background. The only thing that showed on the desktop was the open folder that contained Tech Tools. I tried to launch TechTools again, from there, but nothing happened. I then tried the manual (command + option + P + R) zap. When I tried to restart I get only the system chimes. No video at all. I have tried booting from: Disk Warrior, Norton Utilities, the OS 9.1 System CD, the OS 8.6 System CD, an emergency CD I made, and an emergency Zip Disk I made. I have tried the CDs in both the Apple ROM internal CD drive and an external LaCie CD-R/W drive, that in the past was bootable. Neither drive seems to be accessing the CD. There seems to be no life in the ATA Drive connected to the PCI card. The SCSI drive (original 4 GB) spins up initially, but nothing more. I have tried with both drives connected, and with each individually. It is not the monitor. I have tried three different ones. Initially, shortly after the system chimes, the light on the monitor will turn green, then promptly goes back to yellow. I have tried the monitors on both the Apple Twin Turbo PCI card, and the Radeon Mac Edition. The 9600 does not have a "regular" built-in monitor port. I have disconnected and reconnected PCI cards, drives, and memory. I tried the CUDA a number of times. And, I even pulled the PRAM battery for about 30 minutes. Apologies for the lengthy post. Any suggestions out there? Nancy -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
