Jacqueline,
I think there is reasonable doubt that your problem is the power supply. >From what you have said, the lights are on and the fan and hard drive power up. Don�t get a new power supply or open the power supply case unless you are certain the power supply is faulty. To check the power supply disconnect the cables where they plug into the mother board and use a volt meter to see if you have 3.3 V, 5V and 12 VDC coming from the power supply. Before testing the power supply there are a lot of other things to try. I don�t know what you have already done, but consider the following: 1. Try starting up from a bootable floppy (most people forget about using a floppy disc, because they don�t have a floppy drive-you do!). You can�t boot up from your OS CD because the proper extensions are not loaded and holding down the �C� key does not work with the s900. Bootable floppies can be found on old Norton Utility or PowerTool discs. If necessary, you can get a friend to make you a bootable floppy. All you have to do is put a Mac system (not the system folder) and the start-up disk control panel (so you can load your OS CD and designate it as the start-up disk) on a floppy disc. Of course, you must use an OS system that will fit on a floppy. System 7.0 will. You may be able to down- load such a bootable floppy from Apple or at least down load an OS from which you can take the system. The s900 should select your floppy as the start-up disk, but if it doesn�t hold down the command-option-shift-delete keys when you start up. 2. Have you tried the usual things: startup holding down the shift key, check to see if the mouse is stuck in the click position or the interrupt switch is stuck, checked for bad memory by removing all the memory and starting up using only the soldered in memory (32MB), disconnecting all SCSI external devices. Tried to start-up from a bootable external drive-hard drive, Zip or Syquest removal media drives while holding down the command-option-shift-delete keys when starting up. Good luck, Robert -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
