Diagnosing a non-working Mac Performa 476?

From: Jim <jrasite_at_eoni.com>
Date: Sat Jun 1 23:14:43 2002

Change the PRAM battery. 4.5v alkaline IIRC. Radio Shack should have
'em. The stock one is about 1" square. There is a replacement that's
about 1x1.5". It'll work too.

Jim

Brian Chase wrote:
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>
> When I power up the system, with monitor attached, the internal cooling
> fan spins up, the hard drive spins up (and sounds normal), and the
> machine chimes what I seem to recall as being the regular start up sound
> for this era of Mac. However, the display remains dark. If I power off
> the Mac, leaving the monitor on, the monitor makes a light
> static/crackle noise; it's the sort of sound I normally associate with a
> monitor that's lost the video input signal. I've played with the
> brightness and contrast controls without any success.
Received on Sat Jun 01 2002 - 23:14:43 BST