On 3/29/2010 2:57 PM, J. Alexander Jacocks wrote:
I have a Quadra 605 that is giving me heartburn, lately. First, it
was giving the chimes of death, but that was quickly remedied by
re-seating the RAM. Now, it powers on, and chimes, and I can hear the
hard drive spin up, but I get nothing on the screen, at all, and I
never hear it try to boot from the hard drive.
First thing would be to see if the PRAM battery needs replacement.
To test for this, turn it on, let it settle. Then flick it off and back
on quite quickly (maybe a quarter of a second off, if that) then back
on. If it's a PRAM battery, it should then you should get another chime
and it'll start up in pretty short order normally.
Scott
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