Mac Iici won't fire up

From: Bob Lafleur <bob_lafleur_at_technologist.com>
Date: Sun Apr 4 20:54:50 2004

I have a Mac Iici that won't power up. It worked when I last used it about a
month ago. Now, if I press the power switch on the ADB device (I'm using an
ADB to PS/2 mouse/keyboard converted and Mac to VGA converter, which has a
power ON switch on it) or the power button on the back, nothing.

I swapped power supplies with a working power supply from another Mac Iici,
but that didn't fix it.

I removed the CPU accellerator card and the NUBUS cards, but it still
wouldn't power up.

Probably a dead motherboard? I suppose I could transfer my hard drive and
memory to the other Iici I have, but it has broken SIMM holders so I'd have
to shim the chips with folded paper. I think one of the broken holders is
the first one, so that makes it hard to shim.

Any other ideas of things I can try to revive this Iici? Thanks.

   - Bob
Received on Sun Apr 04 2004 - 20:54:50 BST