Dead Mac IIfx

From: Mark Firestone <pdp11_70_at_retrobbs.org>
Date: Wed Apr 21 03:06:27 2004

Remove your good PRAM battery for 24 hours, with the machine unplugged.

This used to fix about 90% of them.


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From: "Teo Zenios" <teoz_at_neo.rr.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: Dead Mac IIfx


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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(

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