Sounds like cap rot. The SMT electrolytic capacitors used in just
about anything electronic from the late 80s-mid 90s are at the end of
their lifespan. They will leak, causing the machine to malfunction at
best and corrode the motherboard at worst. Sometimes you can see or
smell the leaky residue (
> Does the machine work without the cache card?
>
Dan, I don't know. I didn't try.
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At 6:46 AM -0700 6/24/2011, Iamanamma wrote:
I have IIci that has decided to start behaving badly. When I powered
it on, I got the normal startup chime followed immediately by a four
note major chord. There wasn't even time between the two sounds to
reset the PRAM.
The main bong means that th
I have the same tone on my portable when something goes wrong. The four
chord tone? I think its pre car crash sound? When everything is well I think
it just beeps. Right now my portable is silent :(
On Jun 24, 2011 9:46 AM, "Iamanamma" wrote:
> I have to work with vintage Macs on a daily basis, an
I have to work with vintage Macs on a daily basis, and I've hear the
car crash noise, the breaking glass noise, and the "chimes of doom."
I've never heard the video game-like major chord sound that I heard
today.
I have IIci that has decided to start behaving badly. When I powered
it on, I got th
>
> It won't make a lick of difference, unless your problem was caused by
> a mis-seated power supply and when replacing the battery, you put the
> power supply in correctly. :-)
>
> The problem is almost certainly leaking capacitors. The evidence can
> be really hard to spot. It can be as sub
