I have a 2001 Quicksilver (867MHz model) that won't boot up and am trying to eliminate the problem via process of elimination.
When I press the power button, the machine appears to be getting at least "some" power, but it never boots up. I've swapped power supplies, so I know it's not a power supply problem. The red light on the motherboard lights up when I press the power switch. I'm suspecting it might be the processor. My question is this: I have a 2002/800MHz machine also on-hand. Can I test whether or not it's the processor by putting the 02 Quicksilver's processor in the '01 machine? In other words, is the 2002's 800MHz processor (which lacked the L3 cache) compatible with the 867MHz 2001 machine? I don't want to fork over cash for a new processor when it might not even solve the problem! Many thanks to anyone who can let me know. Andy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
