as ive opened a few macs before, the Plus didnt have an internal HD, so unless you have the system disk in the floppy drive, or the system is on the external HD, it wont boot. also, the PRAM battery may have died and it doesnt remember to boot from the ext drive.
i may be wrong on this, anyone else feel free to chime in. -- Sent from my iPad On Dec 26, 2011, at 11:28 PM, Sarah Crabbleapple <crabbleap...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just rescued a forgotten Plus from my parents' attic. I suspect that it's > been untouched for at least fifteen years. I found most or all of its > accessories, including a Photon 40 drive. > > It powers on, with a lovely bright screen, and the mouse works; > unfortunately, it won't get past the 'no system' flashing question mark. I > get one beep on power on. If I turn it on without the Photon, it is otherwise > completely silent; the Photon sounds like a jet taking off (I think I woke my > roommate, oops) and flashes a green light for a brief second, then blinks a > red light erratically. Memory suggests the light is supposed to stay green, > but I'm not sure anymore. > > I suspect the external drive has died and that it's a model without an > internal. Does that sound right to anyone else? And is there any real way to > test that? I'm not completely averse to opening it, but I want to have some > idea what might be going on first. > > -- > The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist > on coming along and trying to put things in it. > - Terry Pratchett > > ~*~*~*~LET'S GO CANES!~*~*~*~ > -- > ----- > 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
