Hi Chris, Well, I'll try to help since we apparently don't have a full ship tonight. I too have an s900 running 9.1.
What else do you know about the machine? Do you know that the battery is OK? Does it boot normally? You say its "quiet as hell", the fan and power supply are working right? Is your keyboard responsive to anything or is it just that it doesn't respond to the boot cd commands? Can you zap pram at startup? (Command, Option, P, R at start-up) Rebuild Desktop? Things like that. If so, then does it read cd's normally when booted from the hard drive? If not, then hopefully the problem is connected to your cd/rom. Have you tried both boot cd commands? (c key for one) (Command Option Shift Delete for the other) Try blowing out the cd/rom with a can of air. Not too much pressure but enough to blow any dust from the where it reads. You definitely need more ram for one thing. As for the keyboard, mine doesn't flash either but there are lights for a few functions such as 'caps lock'. Re the mouse, if its the standard kind, have you cleaned the dust bunnies out from the roller ball? Of course, make sure everything is plugged in properly and check the tiny pins of the plugs to make sure none are bent. This happens often. I may not be here to continue helping, but the more info you give will be helpful to the process. Good Luck Dave > Ok.. I need your help.. Bad. I'm kinda new to the mac stuff (I've > worked on lots of old 7500s and older before, but never on this s900..) > Anyway.. So I just got this, it has 32 megs of ram, 2 gig hdd, cdrom.. > Floppy.. Supposedly everything "works" except when I boot it up I can't > get it to boot from a cd. I've tried everything. Also, my keyboard > lights don't flash, and my mouse doesn't work. I'm thinking that my ADB > ports are fried. This machine looks imaculate tho.. Inside and out. > And its quiet as hell too (I've read about them being very very noisy). > It�s a 200 mhz.. I have an os9, os7.5.3, and yellowdog linux cds, all > should be bootable, right? I'm planning on getting 512 megs of ram and > that 800 mhz g4 sonnetech pci card when it comes out. Any ideas or > thoughts on what I should do to get started/fixed? > > -Chris > -- 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
