11 Apr
2004
11 Apr
'04
9:47 a.m.
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(
20 Apr
20 Apr
10:25 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Witchy" <witchy(a)binarydinosaurs.co.uk>
To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'"
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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.
11:06 p.m.
Remove your good PRAM battery for 24 hours, with the machine unplugged.
This used to fix about 90% of them.
----- Original Message -----
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April 21, 2004 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: Dead Mac IIfx
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11, 2004 2:47 PM
Subject: Dead Mac IIfx
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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( 
21 Apr
21 Apr
5:55 a.m.
On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Mark Firestone wrote:
Remove your good PRAM battery for 24 hours, with the
machine unplugged.
This used to fix about 90% of them.
This is really nice to know. I tried bringing a few Mac II's to life to
no avail a few months back. I figured there had to be a trick because
they could not ALL have been dead.
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20 Apr
20 Apr
11:48 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Teo Zenios
Sent: 21 April 2004 08:26
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Dead Mac IIfx
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.
Yep, done all of that. I'm beginning to wonder about Mark's comments about
the battery though, since when I bought it at a car boot sale a few years
ago it had 2 very dead PRAM batteries so I put a couple of spares in and
away we went. Then it went back into storage while I waited to get my hands
on the black external terminator for a CD-ROM and when that came along (with
a Radius accelerator and an ethernet card) the machine wouldn't boot even
though the batteries were still ok.
I'll remove them and leave it for 24 hours.
Cheers folks
--
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(
22 Apr
22 Apr
3:15 a.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(
This page has a chart which might be of interest. Doesn't pertain to
original post since a non-boot doesn't seem to involve pram/nvram or cudas.
Pretty good troubleshooting page though.
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