on 1/17/04 8:50 PM, Jim Raper at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I bought a couple of LCIII's to fix up for my little Mac LC lab. I > upgraded memory to 20 MB, put a 250 MB HD in one - 500 MB HD in the > other, and installed OS 7.5.5 on each of them. Everything was working > fine. Noticed time was wrong so I put a new battery in one. When I > rebooted, I got no chime and no video. The screen brightened up but > nothing further. No flashing X floppy icon, just a running HD but no > error message, no nothing. Guess what happened with the other. Same > sequence of events. > > Can anyone tell me wha' happened? Is there some sort of CUDA thingy to > push, smack, or prod? > > Jim > First suspect the memory. How are you getting 20MB? 2 8's? If you still have the old RAM put it back in.
Then check to see that the cables are all set in their respective sockets tightly. An LC III will boot with NO pram battery. Try this, also. An LC will hang at a gray screen if memory or hard disk issues are present. Or, maybe you're not giving it enough time to boot? (No more than 2 minutes). Jeff -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
