>I've got a StarMax 5500/200. It has a good hard drive, which boots in other >Macs. But it won't boot in the StarMax. The CD and Zip drives are missing. >The system was missing DIMMs when I got it, and I put various 3.3volt DIMMS >in, but none worked. It has a fresh 4.5V PRAM battery. When I turn it on, >the power supply runs, the green LED on the upper left corner of the >motherboard lights up, the hard drive goes through self-test, and nothing >else happens. No video. It will not boot from the floppy; in fact, the >floppy appears dead. I installed a CD-ROM, but it won't even open and close >the tray. Is it a dead mobo, or wrong RAM? Thanks for any help.
Could definitely be memory. Do you get the startup chime, or some other sound when start the computer. Unless you have memory you know is suppose to work with a SM computer, I'd try starting the machine up with no memory, just to see if you get a startup chime and then a breaking glass sound indicating bad memory. At least then you know the MB is good. -- -- Mr. PopMan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Does anybody want to play a game of pinball?" If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not excellent, it won't be profitable or fun, and if you're not in business for fun or profit, what the hell are you doing there?" --Robert Townsend -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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 Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
