Re: defective pismo

2004-05-11 Thread Clark Martin
At 10:32 PM +0800 5/11/04, Jeff Greffe wrote: Lastest tries: I'm trying to zap everything in Open Firmware ... did the : reset-nvram set-defaults reset-all Still no go ... When I try to shut down the computer from OF, it tells me: erasing ff0 and some other numbers ... ERROR erasing on nvram I

Re: defective pismo

2004-05-11 Thread Jeff Greffe
I think so ... it does seem stuck when I pull on the plastic tab to remove it ... Did you check to see if the processor daughterboard was properly snapped onto the motherboard? -Laurent. -- === = Laurent Daudelin

Re: defective pismo

2004-05-11 Thread COCCORP
In a message dated 5/11/2004 4:32:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think so ... it does seem stuck when I pull on the plastic tab to remove it ... Have you tried an external monitor? Also, how much RAM is in the machine now, since you removed one of the dimms? Could

Re: defective pismo

2004-05-11 Thread Gary D. Adams
The last time I upped my HD in my Pismo--to the 60gb Hitachi--I managed inadvertently to bend a daughtercard processor pin. Sometimes I got a boot chime and no video. I would seriously check this as the cause. Gary Jeff Greffe wrote: I think so ... it does seem stuck when I pull on the

Re: defective pismo

2004-05-11 Thread Jeff Greffe
Man ! Those pins are small !! you mean the 2 beige rectangles that click together under the card ? I didn't think it was possible to bend that ! it almost looks like velcro ! :) I'll check for any other pins too I guess ... Thanks ! Jeff On May 11, 2004, at 8:01 PM, Gary D. Adams wrote:

Re: defective pismo

2004-05-11 Thread Jeff Greffe
Lastest tries: I'm trying to zap everything in Open Firmware ... did the : reset-nvram set-defaults reset-all Still no go ... When I try to shut down the computer from OF, it tells me: erasing ff0 and some other numbers ... ERROR erasing on nvram I am not sure about the pram battery, the

Re: defective pismo

2004-05-11 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 11/05/04 10:32, Jeff Greffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lastest tries: I'm trying to zap everything in Open Firmware ... did the : reset-nvram set-defaults reset-all Still no go ... When I try to shut down the computer from OF, it tells me: erasing ff0 and some other numbers ...

Re: defective pismo

2004-05-11 Thread gdadams1
From: Jeff Greffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2004/05/11 Tue AM 09:46:00 EDT To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: defective pismo Man ! Those pins are small !! you mean the 2 beige rectangles that click together under the card ? I didn't think it was possible to bend

defective pismo

2004-05-10 Thread Jeff Greffe
Hello there ! first time around here ! Not my first time with macs though ... I got this dead pismo for a loaf of bread and started playing with it ... No, at first, it would turn on at all .. tried a reset of the pmu .. no go ... opened the case, looked at the RAM top and bottom, took the

Re: defective pismo

2004-05-10 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 11/05/04 00:13, Jeff Greffe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello there ! first time around here ! Not my first time with macs though ... I got this dead pismo for a loaf of bread and started playing with it ... No, at first, it would turn on at all .. tried a reset of the pmu .. no go

Re: defective pismo

2004-05-10 Thread Jeff Greffe
yes I did ... . if I press option, I get access to available boot disks, like the hard drive and CD. But ... I am stuck at the opening gray screen ... no apple logo, no question mark ... Last time this happened to me, was with my G3 upgraded 8500, where the G3 card was defective

Re: defective pismo

2004-05-10 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 11/05/04 00:25, Jeff Greffe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yes I did ... . if I press option, I get access to available boot disks, like the hard drive and CD. But ... I am stuck at the opening gray screen ... no apple logo, no question mark ... Last time this happened to me, was