on 06/22/2010 03:05, Alan at [email protected] wrote: > Hi, I'm new to this group. I've spent countless hours trying to > revive my old Centris 610, and am at my wit's end. Hoping I can get > some help here. > > I've searched through old threads and found a thread that described > the problem I'm having, but there was no resolution and that thread is > over a year old. So I hope it's okay to create a new thread. If not, > my apologies. > > Here goes. My high school and college companion, my trusty Centris > 610, has wasted away. He served me well for four years of school, and > saw the first days of dialup internet access, doing things like email > through Pine. He even did double-duty as a DOS gaming PC with the > daughter-card upgrade. But he was retired in the late 90s and is too > cranky to wake up now. > > When I saw the flashing question mark, I recognized it as a boot > volume problem. The two hard drives could be dead, I thought. So I > 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. > > Any suggestions? I'm as tired and confuddled as the Sad Mac with the > x_x eyes. Hello:Centris 610
I must tell you that I know nothing about your unit, but if it's any consilation you have my symathy. But a suggestion , you could try BMUG that is Berkely Mac User Group, California has many many Macs someone Knows about your situation. Sincerely: Bruce ([email protected]) -- ----- 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/
