David A Schwartz wrote:
> New to this list. Have a Quadra 800 with a Sonnet 100 PPC upgrade. It
> worked fine for 18 months. Now I get a "death chimes" about a minute into
> the boot-up process, before the keyboard and monitor become active. Talked
> with Sonnet techs, who had no clue, but agreed to replace the Sonnet card
> (3 year warantee). New card, same problem. When I pull the card, or
> inactivate it with the PPC Card control panel, the Quadra boots just fine,
> and all RAM registers. The few non-PPC apps work fine too. Zapped PRAM,
> replaced that aforementioned control panel, without success. I think it
> points to a failure on the motherboard, maybe something connected only with
> that upgrade slot the Sonnet card uses. Anyone have any other ideas?
> Without a PPC upgrade, the Quadra has little usefulness. Any suggestions on
> what to do with it? Without a PPC processor, donation to charitable causes
> might be more of an insult than charity.
>
Walt Nicholas from sunny Camano Island writes:
I had the same problem with a DayStar PowerPro in a Q-800. It turned out to
not be properly seated in the PDS slot. It was one of my first upgrades and I
was just too careful. A little contact cleaner and, a little more pushing, a
working PPC800.
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