I'm just trying to distinguish between a working computer with a boot problem and a malfunctioning computer. Did the video artifacts occur before or after loading the OS from the floppy?
On Jul 16, 3:55 pm, Alan Chen <[email protected]> wrote: > I didn't know there was a difference between boot and start-up. The > Centris is back to the same symptoms I described in the first post. I > get the bong, then the happy mac, but then the disk spits out and the > Centris restarts. > > And no, I didn't replace the PRAM battery. But when I was successful > booting up, it was with the old battery. > > Another thing I noticed was that during the successful boot-ups, the > video had a lot of artifacts on the left-hand side. I've tested the > monitor with another computer, and it worked fine, so I know it's not > the monitor. Any ideas? -- ----- 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/
