Hey guys, just an update. I replaced the internal battery, nothing.
I acquired a PowerMac G3 beige tower with a floppy drive to try moving some drive utilities that way, it won't recognize the apps on the disks. It always says the app is busy or missing....not sure what that means. Also, I've put each of the hard drives that I have (2 apple and 1 non apple) in my G3, and it recognizes them, the Classic won't recognize any of them. One of them sounds like the needle isn't even activating and it's barely spinning. When it's in the G3, it sounds like it's a turbine jet. Thoughts? Cheers. On Dec 8, 10:46 am, Jake <[email protected]> wrote: > Another thing you could try is replacing the internal battery. Some > old macs have boot issues and SCSI issues when the internal battery is > dead. I think for the classic it is 3.6v half-AA battery. I recommend > the TADIRAN ER14250 battery, as it is still made, and is the original > battery for macs. I believe that the mac classic batteries are plug- > in, and not soldered. Of course, you should double check first before > you buy anything. > > -Jake > > On Dec 8, 6:17 am, 33black <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hey Guys, > > > I've posted in a few forums, so let me try and be to the point. > > > I got a Mac Classic in near mint condition for only $35 from a guy on > > craigslist. He said sometimes it was booting into System 6, and > > sometimes it would just be the floppy disk with the question mark, > > hence, there is no OS, or it can't find it. Of course, when I turned > > it on, I got that every time. > > > I went through the process of ordering the Torx bit, an extender, to > > open it up. Saw the 40MB stock HD, assumed it wasn't working. Pulled > > it out and ordered a 2.1gb seagate. Put that in, trying to no avail > > to get it to work, when someone pointed out to me that it wouldn't > > work because it's not an Apple branded drive, so HD SC won't recognize > > it. > > > I also ordered System 7, so that's the HD SC I'm working with. > > > I ordered a passive and active SCSI terminator, not knowing which or > > if I needed either one of those. I then ordered a 1.2gb internal > > APPLE BRANDED SCSI. A Quantum Fireball. > > > Again, HD SC doesn't recognize it. I've tried terminators on and off, > > every jumper setting I could think of...I'm pretty sure it's just > > supposed to be ID 0. > > > ANY help would be greatly appreciated. This is a 3 week process...I > > love the challenge of getting the old machines working, that's why I > > do it, but at some point it just gets ridiculous. I can't find any > > info on this on the internet, I've searched in great length. > > > Thanks guys. > > > Mike Racanelli > > Los Angeles, CA 90038 -- ----- 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/
