On Wednesday, December 4, 2002, at 06:40 PM, J.S. Garrison wrote: >> 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 >
While you have it open, you can check for battery life. The battery is hard to get to and you need to take out the CD-hard drive tray by removing the single screw in the front and another to the right of the HD. The battery is held to the case with velcro and connected with 2 black & red wires. The battery is almost cube 1x3/4 inch. Radio Shack carries this 4.5 volt Rayovac #840 computer clock battery. Because of the battery connector design, the life in the battery may be difficult to test. The tester I have won't do it without an extra hookup. You might be better starting off with a new $ 18USD battery from Radio Shack. Good luck. Eric -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
