Mac Iici won't fire up

From: J.C. Wren <jcwren_at_jcwren.com>
Date: Sun Apr 4 22:01:20 2004

Build a Mac IIci a fire, and it's warm for the night. Set a Mac IIci on
fire, and it's warm for the rest of it's life :)

    --jc

Bob Lafleur wrote:

>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 - 22:01:20 BST