Dead Mac IIfx

From: Teo Zenios <teoz_at_neo.rr.com>
Date: Wed Apr 21 02:25:49 2004

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From: "Witchy" <witchy_at_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.
Received on Wed Apr 21 2004 - 02:25:49 BST