At 06:09 -0400 on 04/07/01, Ira wrote: > What is happening is that when the unit is powered up the only thing that >happens is the monitor "sounds as if it is powering up" NO qestion mark or >sad mac, no light to the screen at all. Yet when i disconnect the mother >board the hard drive spins up and the fan works and the monitor sounds as if >it is also powering up. NO green dummy light on the front of the mac or >screen activity; I put in a new pram battery, and I have the two ram slots >filled. yet to the side of the ram slots is an open slot for possibly a >72-pin chip of some sort; is there supposed to be a rom chip or video chip >in this space?; If anyone can help i would appreciate it: That's a 68-pin VRAM slot, and you need something in it for the Mac to display any video, which explains your lack of any picture... cl _<http://www-csag.cs.uiuc.edu/individual/pakin/complaint?firstname=God&gender=m&shorttype=f&pgraphs=3> Humour value not guaranteed to the Humour Impaired(tm). -- MichiMac is sponsored by Dan Knight of <http://lowendmac.com/>. / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac, sign up for PayPal, possible $5 bonus. <http://lowendmac.com/ad/paypal.html> X-Files, Season 5 complete on Video CD - $53.97 Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker on Video CD - $7.97 EurekaMovies.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/eureka.html> - - - - - MichiMac list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/michimac.html> 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/michimac%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
