On Saturday, March 23, 2002, at 07:29 , Carsten von der Linden wrote: > on 23.03.2002 6:24 Uhr, Eagle at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On Friday, March 22, 2002, at 11:28 , Gamba wrote: >>>> I'm having some problems with my Plus. I turned it on today for the >>>> first time in a while, and it doesn't boot up in 7.0.1 anymore. I >>>> can >>>> use System Picker to switch to 6.0.8, and that boots fine. >>> <Eagle >>> >>> The first thing that comes to mind is that it has enough memory to run >>> 6.0.8 but not enough for 7.0.1. >> >> Well I just booted it from a System 6 floppy - it still shows 4MB RAM >> so >> I'm guessing the SIMMs didn't go bad. >> >> I'll try the Asante on an SE - perhaps the Asante went bad? I've got a >> few other things I can try -- the weirdest part about this is that it >> did work a few weeks ago. > > Hey, > > I had that problem with an SE/30 once... people suggested checking the > PRAM-Battery, that might be the problem, especially if it worked a > couple of > weeks ago... > > Or the RAM may actually be bad or loose...
Carsten, I think you hit it. As soon as you said "PRAM battery" I remembered that my date has been screwed up since I turned it on. It said "1904" - I shoulda checked the FAQ. :) Unfortunately my early PC memories kicked in and I thought "That's OK" (because every floppy-based PC would come up with a date of 1/1/90). Ihave 3 Plusses and I checked all their batteries: 3.65v was the highest, and that was in the one I'm using. :( Needless to say I threw three batteries out today. But it'll be good to have a fresh one. I might buy two - haven't decided yet. I'll be ordering a new battery from someone on Pickle's list. Eagle -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... PowerON Computer Services <http://www.poweron.com> REPLACEMENT PARTS in STOCK Drives, CD-ROMs, RAM, Mac OS SW, Power Supply <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
