On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Tony Duell wrote:
I keep on emphasising that if you get a machine in
unknown condition, or
worse still one that you know has been water damaged, or smoke damaged,
or...then you _do not turn it on to see what happens_. You give it a
complete inspection and cleanup first. And then bring it up a bit at a
time. It's a llot quicker and cheaper in the end.
Yep. My only excuse is that it was sorta dark in the garage, and I
couldn't see the deposits on the board till I got out the flashlight.
I'm going to give it a good cleaning (don't go near there!!) and an
OptiVisor inspection this weekend. It gets close enough to booting
correctly that I'm hopeful, if not at all confident.
Doc