I recently attained the guts of a Mac IIfx (no case I'm afraid) from a friend and I've been having trouble getting it powered on.Due to my lack of a suitable case I've got the components laid on a table, with the logic board and power unit connected and both screw sockets grounded to the PSU (as from experience with getting power macs going they must be grounded for it to power up). When I try both hard switch (on the logic board) and soft boot (keyboard) buttons I don't get anything at all, not even a peep from the power supply. I'm assuming it's an issue with flat PRAM batteries, as I've read that the IIfx can't power on without batteries, and the machine hasn't been started properly since the end of the last millennium, but I'm just wondering if there are any other terrible defects (dead capacitors ect..) that may contribute to causing this issue.
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