On Thu, 13 Jan 2011, Mark Kahrs wrote:
So, I thought it would nice to use a Multia as a
wireless machine,
after all, it does have PCMCIA ports...
My first challenge was that it wouldn't boot. It would startup and
get to the cursor and then hang. A new battery was suggested. Rather
than use the Rayovac 840, I elected to get a 3 AAA cell holder from
Digikey. I replaced it and watched. Sure enough, it started to boot
and then put characters on the screen and hung. I powered it off and
on and it got further and then hung. Now it won't get that far at all
and complains (via 14 LED flashes) that the DRAM is bad. I removed 2
and that didn't work so swapped them and that didn't work.
It would make a nice doorstop, but otherwise what are the suggestions?
Is it possible that something went amiss when you opened/disassembled it?
Also, isn't the original CMOS battery 3.6V? If so, 3xAAA is 4.5V which
may have zapped something.
Even at best, these were fussy, flakey little boxes with chronic thermal
issues.
Steve
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