Nope, the power button does nothing with the Mac TV motherboard installed. The power supply, monitor, keyboard and everything else work fine when I take out the Mac TV motherboard and put in the one from the Performa 575 though.
Thanks! John On Jan 15, 2009, at 3:18 PM, Mark wrote: > do you hear a "Click" from the power supply when you press the ON > Button > > Mark Rathbun > > No Matter Where You Go, There You Are. > > > From: John Teffer <[email protected]> > To: Vintage Macs <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 1:36:14 AM > Subject: Mac TV won't boot. Clock battery or something else? > > > I have a Mac TV that won't boot up. The problem is somewhere on the > motherboard. When I replace it with the board from a Performa 575 it > works fine, (a bit of an upgrade, really: 040, four times the RAM > capacity, thousands of colors) but it would be nice to have it in > original condition again, it's not really a Mac TV without the tuner! > > Could a bad clock battery be keeping it from starting? I know some old > Macs wouldn't start with a dead clock battery, but I don't know if > this is one of them. I don't have a meter to check the battery, and > don't want to shell out the $10 for a new battery if that's not the > problem. > > Anyone with a working Mac TV want to take their battery out and see if > it still boots up? You'd be my hero! > > Thanks, > > John --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
