On Sep 19, 2008, at 12:15 PM, Doug Burton wrote: > > Okay, originally I had two sticks of 256M RAM installed. Removing one > and attempting to boot I get a bong, but then no video. HD's don't > sound like they are coming up. Taking out that stick and putting the > other one in I get a bong and then it tries to boot with gray screen, > etc. but then the HD's all power down and the machine shut off. Does > this mean both sticks are bad or is it just that the HD got corrupted > by the bad stick of RAM and needs to be replaced? I have another HD I > can use to try it.
NOpe neither. You either have a failing PS or a dead/dying logic board. I don't think DA's are susceptible to weirdness with PRAM batteries, and in any case that wouldn't affect the system once it's booted up. Yank the drive and check it out on a known working Mac with something like this <http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=ADA-2012&cat=CBL> they also sell one that does SATA too for about $13. If it was just a corrupted drive, you would either hang at the boot somewhere or get a flashing folder. Powering down is a sign that the power supply is shutting itself down. It will do that if it's damaged and is thermally shutting down or if something plugged into it is drawing too much power. (generally a short somewhere in the system) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
