on 14/2/03 10:01 AM, Ryan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello to everyone, > > This is my first post to the SuperMac list. > > I recently brought home an 200mhz S900 UMax SuperMac from work > which was no longer being used. The computer has had booting > problems from the beginning and have gotten worse. When I got it > home it would boot for me but would freeze. There were also times > it would boot to the smiley Mac then hang. Now it only boots to a > grey screen or leaves me with a black screen. > > What I have tried: Zapped the pram, desktop rebuild, ran an > installed Norton Utilities Disk Doctor, pressed cuda reset, > reseated some of the internal hardware, replaced the PRAM battery, > tried booting from an OS 9.1 system CD by holding C button at > startup but did nothing. > > My sister has Norton's Utilities on CD I want to borrow and try to > boot from but have my doubts. > > Something I am wondering about. This computer did not have its > original cord. I had to go through a drawer full of cords at work > and guess as to which was the correct cord? The computer has > worked with this cord but wonder if that could create my problem. > If so have no idea were to get correct cord. > > Help appreciated, > What PCI Video card is there? What other PCI card's are there?
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