At 11:05 PM -0700 6/21/2010, Alan wrote:
Centris 610
flashing question mark
The two hard drives could be dead
Do you hear them spin up and read their root blocks when the rest of
the system is powered up?
Are you getting a normal bong or some other sounds?
tried to boot from a copy of Disk Tools on a diskette (no CD-ROM
drive). I've tried System 7.0, 7.1, 7.5, and even the proper enabler,
and the best I could achieve is: I get a happy Mac for a split-second,
then the diskette gets spat out, and back to the question mark.
I've also tried fiddling with the hardware. Removing all, then
putting back one hard drive/RAM/VRAM/daughter-card at a time, and none
of that got the Centris to boot.
Replace the PRAM battery.
Zap the PRAM. (hold down cmd-opt-p-r until the machine bongs twice).
Then try booting on the floppies and HDs.
If that doesn't work, disconnect the data cables going to the HDs
then try booting on the floppies.
- Dan.
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- Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.
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