20 Apr
2004
20 Apr
'04
7:25 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Witchy" <witchy(a)binarydinosaurs.co.uk>
To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 2:47 PM
Subject: Dead Mac IIfx
Hi folks,
After getting a nubus ethernet card and a radius 24bit accelerator I
thought
I'd dig out my olde IIfx......trouble is it's
refusing to power up even
with
different keyboards/known good PRAM batteries. It
worked when I got it a
couple of years ago; I even treated it to knew batteries, so anyone know
of
any instant fixes for dead machines?
I'm going to steal the PSU from my other Mac II and see if it makes a
difference....I know they're the same apart from the IIfx one has a
variable
speed fan.
Cheers,
--
Adrian/Witchy
Owner & Webmaster, Binary Dinosaurs
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - possibly the UK's biggest online computer
museum
www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - ex-monthly gothic
shenanigans :o(
Normal procedure for a dead computer is to remove everything but the
videocard and main ram (in this case special 64 pin SIMMs that you have to
install 4 at a time in the same bank).
The IIfx has a special scsi bus and is VERY picky about termination.