In addition to those suggestions... have you tried a known working keyboard/mouse?
After boot up, do any keys work - for instance, the up/down/left/right arrows should allow you to select different items on the desktop. Letter keys should select an item that begins with that letter. Command-O to open. etc. I use Timbuktu a lot here, so if it was me I'd install TB2 (netopia.com - pull down a 30 day demo) and see if I can control it from a remote machine. If that works and the known keyboard/mouse/adb cable does not, then you may be right about having a blown adb. >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 -- Bill Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Green Homes For Sale/Lease: http://www.greenbuilder.com/realestate/ Green Building Pro Directory: http://directory.greenbuilder.com/ Sustainable Bldg Calendar: http://www.greenbuilder.com/calendar/ Sustainable Bldg Bookstore: http://www.greenbuilder.com/bookstore International Strawbale Registry: http://sbregistry.greenbuilder.com -- 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
