Another thing you could try is replacing the internal battery. Some old macs have boot issues and SCSI issues when the internal battery is dead. I think for the classic it is 3.6v half-AA battery. I recommend the TADIRAN ER14250 battery, as it is still made, and is the original battery for macs. I believe that the mac classic batteries are plug- in, and not soldered. Of course, you should double check first before you buy anything.
-Jake On Dec 8, 6:17 am, 33black <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Guys, > > I've posted in a few forums, so let me try and be to the point. > > I got a Mac Classic in near mint condition for only $35 from a guy on > craigslist. He said sometimes it was booting into System 6, and > sometimes it would just be the floppy disk with the question mark, > hence, there is no OS, or it can't find it. Of course, when I turned > it on, I got that every time. > > I went through the process of ordering the Torx bit, an extender, to > open it up. Saw the 40MB stock HD, assumed it wasn't working. Pulled > it out and ordered a 2.1gb seagate. Put that in, trying to no avail > to get it to work, when someone pointed out to me that it wouldn't > work because it's not an Apple branded drive, so HD SC won't recognize > it. > > I also ordered System 7, so that's the HD SC I'm working with. > > I ordered a passive and active SCSI terminator, not knowing which or > if I needed either one of those. I then ordered a 1.2gb internal > APPLE BRANDED SCSI. A Quantum Fireball. > > Again, HD SC doesn't recognize it. I've tried terminators on and off, > every jumper setting I could think of...I'm pretty sure it's just > supposed to be ID 0. > > ANY help would be greatly appreciated. This is a 3 week process...I > love the challenge of getting the old machines working, that's why I > do it, but at some point it just gets ridiculous. I can't find any > info on this on the internet, I've searched in great length. > > Thanks guys. > > Mike Racanelli > Los Angeles, CA 90038 -- ----- 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/
