Please excuse the question regarding RAM. I've cleaned the contacts and it booted up fine with all 8mb of RAM. I'll try to keep this a discussion with a slightly more hypothetical question - what's the maximum HDD capacity supported by the IIfx?
-Nick On Mar 12, 11:08 pm, Nicolas Bradley <[email protected]> wrote: > Today I finally got my IIfx booting System 7.5.3. It has been a month > long saga involving countless hours spent tweaking, much frustration > and one or two accidents involving hardware and a floor. The final > hurdle I jumped today was the matter of a PRAM battery. Sick of > waiting for my ordered ones to ship, I did what I should have done > weeks ago and built 2 battery packs out of 2 AA batteries, some scrap > metal and a lot of electrical tape. Once wired up to the battery > slots, the keyboard booted it fine. Problem solved! Far too easily I > might add. > > The second issue to overcome once my network setup disk had copied > (thanks to my trusty 5500/225) was that of a hard drive. The 500mb HDD > fitted had long since bitten the dust, and my 9gb IBM was far too big > for it's liking. Just when I was about to give up however, fate took > hold, and my nice 40mb external HDD from my Mac Plus took a trip to > the floor. One test confirmed my worst fears - it no longer powered > up. I decided it was time to see what was inside, so I opened the > enclosure and removed the drive. Then an idea sparked. I plugged the > HDD into the IIfx and booted to the network setup floppy. Success! It > was still going! I backed up the data and installed 7.5.3 onto the > drive via a Performa 5260. After a bit of tinkering, I had the IIfx > booting off the drive! > > Thanks to an Apple CD 500 I've now got as much software as possible > crammed onto the 40mb HDD. It may be a downgrade, but it works. > However, as successful as I've been, there are still issues with the > RAM. Whenever I put anything in expansion bays 5, 6, 7 and 8, I get > some dreaded chimes. I'd rather have more than 4mb of RAM, as that > allows a tad more freedom, so I was wondering if anyone had any > solutions to that particular issue. Just to clarify, this is likely an > issue with the slots, not the RAM. I'd love to be able to put this > machine to good use, so a solution is much appreciated. > > Cheers, > Nick -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
