> i.bradley wrote: > > Just had a similar problem at work with an Imac, chime only , no video. > Checked ram and battery, all OK. > > It turned out to be a fried hard disk. > > I removed it to put in to another mac to download the info' off it, but > spotted on the small board under the hard disk was blackened around a > chip > and smelt of burning. > > Put in a replacement hard disk in the Imac, installed new software and > it > runs OK again. > > - - - - - - - - - > > Nils Mueller-Scheessel wrote: > > What about putting the SCSI-drive in your c600 you mentioned, > installing a minimum bootable system there, and putting it back in > your 9600?
I don't think it is either of the hard drives, but I could be wrong. One is the machine's original 4 GB SCSI. It definitely makes spin-up sounds. It just never seems to get all the way up. The other drive is an IDE attached to a Sonnet ATA/100 PCI card. It is a 60 GB Ultra ATA/100 Segate drive. The ATA PCI card and Segate Drive are relatively new. They have been in the machine about a month. They have been flaky, but I suspect some of my problems were self-inflicted. I did put a small SCSI drive (that was in the c600) in the 9600, but I got the same results. There is a system folder on the small SCSI drive, as it is used as a maintenance drive for the 600. I have not put either of the 9600's drives in the c600. One screwed up machine is enough of a problem right now :( However, when I get home, in about three hours, I will probably try everybody's various suggestions. Nancy -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> 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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
