Busted Mac

My trick for making a Mac opening tool: Take a BIC disposable pen, and remove the ink and the black end piece, leaving an empty tube. Shove a hex shaped pencil in one end, and a T-15 driver bit in the other. This creates a crude, but very functional Mac opener. This works best if you use a new pencil, and only partially sharpen the end to make it easier to wedge into the pen barrel. It's actually pretty easy to use. There are five screws in the back of the case. The two you need the long screwdriver for are way down in the handle. There are also two near the bottom, above the ports, and one hiding behind the battery cover. And here is a page describing the sad mac error codes. http://www.mac512.com/sadmac.htm It looks like your problem is a bad RAM chip. My 128k had a bad RAM chip too. I unsoldered the old chip, replaced it with a socket and stuck in another from my junk box. I think (but I don't remember for sure) that it came from a junked XT motherboard. (Either that or a broken TRS-80 Color Computer). Good luck! Ian Primus ian_primus(a)yahoo.com On Sunday, January 5, 2003, at 09:25 PM, William Donzelli wrote: