Hey everyone! I have a serious problem with my Mac Classic. I found this one a year ago at a thrift store. It had been abused. The hard drive that was already in it was dead. It has been in storage for awhile until I could get another hard drive for it.
I finally was able to put a hard drive in it, but found a serious problem. When I go to click on almost ANY program, it comes up with an address error. It's running System 7.1 (w/System Update 3.0), it has the RAM expansion card maxed out to 4 MB of RAM and a 40 MB Hard drive. I have tried a fresh System folder, zapping the PRAM, rebuilding desktop, different System versions, booting off a floppy disk, booting off the ROM disk, taking the RAM card out, cleaning the logic board thouroughly, everything a person could think of. When I took the RAM card out and ran it on 1 MB of RAM, it still gives me address errors on almost every program. I know these programs are 68000 compatible because I also ran them on a Mac SE. Here's what I do know: - It's not a hard drive problem. This happens on a floppy and ROM disk. - It's not a battery problem. It does this regardless of whether it's a weak or strong battery. - I can sometimes get 1 or 2 of the programs to load by pressing the interrupt button and typing in G. Most times, it will cause a Finder address error. I've got a bad feeling that it may be the onboard RAM that's went bad, but for one thing, it doesn't give a Sad Mac. For 2, I've checked the RAM using RAM Check and it tested ok. Maybe there's something I don't know about. Could anyone here help? If it is the onboard RAM, is ther anyway I can bypass it? The Classic will boot and run fine, except 95% of the programs I open will pop up with an address error System bomb. I'd like to try to get this Classic going if I could. I hope it's not terminal so to speak. If it is the logic board somehow, would anyone here happen to either a spare Classic or spare Plus that works? I need a 68000 that works. Thanks for reading my long post. I'd really appreciate anything you could suggest. :-) Take care, Tommy <A HREF="/ws-Family">Family Forum</A> Chat Leader & <A HREF="/ws-youngadult">Youth Scene Forum</A> A/SysOp Want a place to go to relax and have some good conversation? Join me on The Front Porch every Thursday at 9 PM Eastern! -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com> 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
