John Impellizzeri wrote:
> > To get mine to boot, I had to remove the IDE hard disk and CD ROM. Then I > > replaced the IDE drive and NOT the CD ROM. I ran it without any RAM as it has > > 16MB in it empty-slotted. Reseating the seemingly over-stressed IDE cable > > helped > > me get it to come to life with errors. I then replaced the IDE cable with one > > I > > had in a parts box and it came to life. > > I tried starting it up with no RAM in the slots and also with the HD and > CDROM removed. It still chimes but I get no video, without any boot device > I was hoping to at least see a gray screen with floppy image and a flashing > ?. Looks like it may be DOA, thanks for the tips though. > > -- > John Impellizzeri > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Hi John, It could be a dodgy monitor connector on the motherboard. My C500 was sometimes miss and hit after I nudged the monitor cable. I eventually got a video card in the bottom riser slot, so my monitor plugs in the card and i have no problems now. regards, Ian B (UK) C500, G3 P-Jolt320, 112mbRAM, OS8.6, 2mbHD, 9mbExtHD x2, Zip250SCSI, Astra610S, StyleWriter2500, PACE56KModem - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
