I've seen StarMaxes go for $100 on eBay or PowerMax. Taking yours to a shop I would guess would be more. A battery is cheap and if it's the original its time is up. Then hit the CUDA switch; here's a picture if you're not sure where it is: http://people.musc.edu/~schwarda/ram_slots_cuda_button.htm While you're in there maybe you'll see some obvious damage (what's that smell?). Boards and power supplies can be found fairly cheap but at that point I would turn over the project to your friend who needs the experience. Nothing like a good repair job to learn proper shutdown. ;-) George
Andrew Chi wrote: > I'm in Chicago. I put the sonnet card in myself, as well as ram, etc. > I have done simple upgrades myself on many different macs, I've just > never tried to fix any broken hardware. I thought that this situation > might be a fried power supply or motherboard and take a lot of time. I > would have tried to fix this myself but right now I don't have a ton of > time as I'm moving in a couple of months. > -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
