jonahb wrote: > Hi all, > > I recently found a Mac SE/30 on the street and brought it home. Now > I'm trying to get it to boot. I plug it in and flip the switch. After > a few seconds, it displays a gray screen with the black cursor in the > top left corner, and there it stays ... forever.
If it doesn't show the ICON in the middle of the screen it's not trying to boot from a disk (even if there is no disk). That's a problem. I'd pull the motherboard and reseat the RAM. If there is no RAM, you need some, there is no motherboard RAM. > > A few notes: there's no disk in the drive, and I haven't plugged in a > mouse, keyboard, or anything else (except the power, of course). Not a problem, it should still at least get to the boot stage. > > How do I get it to boot? Do I need a floppy or a peripheral? It is > hosed? You need either a floppy or an HD. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
