I get the startup chime, but have not gotten the breaking glass sound signifying bad/wrong memory, no matter what I've done. This is the case whether I've got no memory sticks installed or with various sticks installed. That points to a bad motherboard. But I'm not sure if the memory I've used is the correct memory, and I certainly don't want to buy memory to find the mobo is fried. Looks like I need to part out this puppy.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Klaus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "StarMax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 5:52 PM Subject: Re: StarMax 5500/200 Won't Boot > >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 > > -- 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
