Hello... im new this forum, and Macs so bear with me here. I have a Mac Plus (this counts as a vintage mac, right?) that i got at a yard sale. fired right up and ran great as soon as i plugged it in, mouse, keyboard, and computer are all in great shape. came with one floppy in it that has some old MSWorks documents, MSworks, etc. I didnt use it for the first few months but it did work 100% fine.... could open whatever document i wanted, word process, use the finder, etc. it recently regained my interest and i've been upgrading/building it up... got a printer, fresh paper, new ink, all the cables, etc. decided to upgrade the RAM as well. i read the RAM Upgrade article here
http://lowendmac.com/ram/plus.shtml got some RAM on ebay, and put it in the other day. Im not a novice when it comes to computer/electronics repair and tinkering, and everything went pretty swimmingly. was nice and gentle, didnt have to get agressive, old ram came out, new ram went in. the only discrepancy was that the guide says to clip resistors 8 and 9... my mac only had one of those resistors in it (cant remember which one), so i clipped it anyways. I fired it up before I put it all together, and it booted up fine so i figured it was good to go. I just got my printer cable in the mail so i started the Mac up to print my first document! I was so excited! when I opened up a document that was saved on the floppy disk, it started to open as usual, made the typical processing noises, and then finally went quiet at the MSWorks 1.1 intro window, with the wristwatch cursor staring me in the face. wtf. the computer has pretty much stalled, although the date and calendar does flash and stay current. the screensaver comes on too, but wont turn off because it is not accepting any of my inputs. i powered off and powered on (i hate doing that, is there any good way to power down in the event of a stall?) and tried again once or twice more with different documents. no go. tried to open MSWorks straight up, instead of opening individual files. nothing. i just tried to navigate to the Finder, and even that stalled it. so any idea what gives? i guess i can take it apart and try to reseat the ram, but im pretty confident it went in properly. i read somewhere a quick little blurb about having to adjust the 12v voltage supply after making upgrades. does that sound relevant/reasonable? kinda bummed here. love the computer but dont like it not working on me. any ideas would be great. -Steve -- ----- 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/
