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>From: EVERETT ATTEBURY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Compact Macs)
>Subject: Performa 550 won't boot
>Date: Sat, Apr 6, 2002, 11:52 AM
>
> I am having a problem which I hope someone on this list can help me with. I
> have a Performa 550 that won�t boot anymore. When I turn it on, I hear the
> hard disk spinning, I hear the normal chime, and the screen comes on totally
> blank except for the mouse pointer, I can move the mouse and the pointer
> moves, but otherwise it is dead.
>
> My first thought was the hard drive was bad, so I tried to boot from a cd,
> but the same thing happened. I tried then to boot from a floppy disk, same
> thing. I couldn�t even get a light on the front to show the cd or floppy
> was spinning. Now I have a cd and a floppy disk stuck in the computer.
> Next I thought, replace the battery and zap the pram. Well, the pram
> zapped(I waited through about 5 chimes), but still the same.
>
> I am running out of ideas. Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks.
If all you get's a gray screen and a pointer when booting from a floppy, CD
or the hard drive, open it up and pull the SCSI cable from the hard drive.
Boot it trying the floppy.
Then boot it trying the CD. Remember to hold down the "C" key.
Jeff
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