That's probably just a bad hard drive the only way to tell for sure will be to pull it out and try to another Mac
On Dec 29, 2016 5:38 PM, "John-Robert La Porta" <johnrlapo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Anything that might cause the machine to work fine, but not power the HD > correctly to be able to spin up? > > On Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 4:10:47 PM UTC-5, Notgoing Totellyou > wrote: >> >> yeah the ab's on those need caps bad.... the output filter side >> always has leakers at the base. >> >> On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 11:41 AM, John-Robert La Porta >> <johnrl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > That battery is brand new, should be just fine and I will make sure to >> check >> > it this evening. I will remark that this machine has been in storage >> for a >> > good 7+ years or so, and needed the re-capping as it would not turn on >> at >> > all. There was no damage to traces that could be found and I cleaned >> the >> > entire board before putting it back into service. My next question is: >> is >> > there a possibility that some caps or something else in the power >> supply >> > could be going bad? Everything else works fine, so I'm not sure... >> > >> > On Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 10:58:15 AM UTC-5, flags wrote: >> >> >> >> On 12/29/16 2:42 AM, Jason Johnson wrote: >> >> > is the motherboard recapped? (new capacitors?)? if not thats first. >> >> > Needs cap goo washed off and dried during the process. After that >> you >> >> > can start really troubleshooting. >> >> > >> >> > *From:* vintag...@googlegroups.com <vintag...@googlegroups.com> on >> >> >> >> >> >> How is the battery voltage? >> >> >> > -- >> > -- >> > ----- >> > 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 vintag...@googlegroups.com >> > To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs...@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 subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > "Vintage Macs" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an >> > email to vintage-macs...@googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> -- >> Charles >> > -- > -- > ----- > 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+unsubscribe@ > 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 subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vintage Macs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- ----- 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 subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.