Ok thanks a lot. I am going to keep working on them, and I'll let you know if I get one running. Would be cool if I did because I got a huge box of programs with them also.
On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 3:35 PM, Jonathan Morton <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 26 Jul, 2018, at 10:12 pm, Pete Andrew <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > ok swapped hard drives and still same error. When you smack the > computer, can I target a specific area? > > On my IIcx, almost any area above or beside the HDD tended to work. The > idea is simply to jostle the spindle bearing so that it unsticks. > > However it's also very likely that you have bad capacitors in both > machines. That condition is often known to disable the SCSI controller > until it's fixed. Since you have them open, now is the time to inspect. > Look for bulging tops and dark brown leaks, but don't assume absence of > evidence is evidence of absence - a few capacitors seem to fail silently. > > - Jonathan Morton > > -- > -- > ----- > 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 vintage-macs+unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > 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 subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vintage Macs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- ----- 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 subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
