I haven't seen checkerboard from badly seated ram but as ram is checked at startup could be possible, but usually you would get sad Mac and/or death chimes. Bad capacitors on analog and motherboard after ten years are all suspect. Go check the macintosh liberation army website. It's happening to them all, classics worst of all as they put the cheapest parts they could in that one.
From: [email protected] Subject: Re: Macintosh Classic startup Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 18:47:44 -0700 To: [email protected] On Oct 8, 2012, at 3:29 PM, Jason Johnson wrote:Dead battery will not cause checkerboard. Checkerboard is sign of bad capacitors on motherboard or analog board. It can also be a sign of badly seated RAM, at least on SEs and Pluses. -- ----- 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/
