>Hi all. I recently picked up one of the very budget-priced C500's off of >eBay. However, I cannot get it to boot. When I turn it on, the power light >comes on, but that's all. No chime and I can't even get into OF! Anybody >have any ideas? Thanks. > >jess
Have you opened it up? There's a screw in the rear-center of the lid. And you pry the wide spots at the rear-bottom and lift. With no chime, you may have a problem with the drive cables. There's an IDE hard disk, and a SCSI CD ROM, if it's setup right. They sit on a single tray-like metal rail in the right center of the machine. listen for drive spin-up at start-up. Look for a steady light on the CD ROM. If there is one on boot-up, disconnect the SCSI cable and try to reboot. Does it have a cache? You should find it under the floppy drive if there is one. Check to see if it's come loose in the tussle of shipping. The 16MB of RAM is on-board and can't be wiggled loose. Hope this helps. Jeff -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
