I got hold of an SE this morning but I think it is sick. It was hellish dusty so, being the lazy monkey I am, I removed the logic board, cleaned the bunnies off with canned air, inspected for damage, and fitted it a working SE/30 case that I took the board out of to change the RAM. I figured if it worked in the SE/30 case I could clean up the SE and see what state the tube and such were in. I looked at the RAM, it's got 4 1MB SIMMs on it, it has also had it's '256k bit' resistor clipped to remove the 1MB RAM limiter. I didn't attach the floppy drive in the SE/30 shell as it is a 1.2MB drive and I don't think the board supports them, the guy muttered something about 'want any old floppies' but as I have a pretty hefty stack I gratefully declined.
Upon applying the magic juice there is a normal (and I must say rather cute) 'bing' and the screen comes up fine, the mouse pointer is al there. It proceeds to boot (into OS 7.1 as that was what was on the hard disk in the SE/30) it stopped after loading the System Update extension (the little Mac with the screwdriver) and locked for an age. Eventually it complained of an 'address error' and suggested I reboot with the extensions off. I presumed I had been running Mode32 on the SE/30 and it had fouled up on that. So I rebooted with shift held down (I had to turn off and on as I have not got the rear casing on and so I can't use my programmers switch block) and it went around again but this time it sat for an age at the 'Welcome to Macintosh' screen, then the box with the 'Welcome to Macintosh' dialog went blank white, still with the frame, then it stopped. I left it for a good 5 mins and nothing. Is she dead? A candidate for spares? -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC Vintage Macs List Nanny SilValleyPirate - AIM silicon_valley_pirate_uk - Yahoo! Visit Flat Pack Macs Online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Macintosh LC Central -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. 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/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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
