Ditto on the PRAM battery. You can pick one up at Radio Shack although they are more expensive at RS than purchased online from a reputable vendor such as Amazon:
Check out: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_12?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=pram+battery&sprefix=pram+battery If that doesn't work, you may have a failed or failing hard drive. Do you have data back ups? Bob On Jan 28, 2011, at 11:05 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Dear Vintage Mac Group, > > When I took a few computer graphics classes back in 1993,I purchased a > Mac Quadra 840 AV with monitor, scanner, printer, and software (a very > expensive complete package). > > Unfortunately I haven't used it very much over the years, and a couple > of times I even had to pound on the side to get the hard drive unstuck > and to start working again, which it always did. > > However, the last time I tried to use it I could hear the computer > start up but the monitor wouldn't come on, so a friend from work gave > me another monitor, that was definitely working, to try but it also > wouldn't come on. > > My question is, what could possibly be wrong and could it be fixed? > I'm not a computer guru by any means, so I'm wondering is there > something that can be checked and/or replaced that will fix the > connection between computer and monitor? > > Please let me know what I can do, you can send emails to > [email protected] > > Thank you very much, > Charlotte : } > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
