You have to have a good PRAM battery for those machines to boot.
Rob
>
>I actually have two separate Performa 475's that won't boot. One
>someone just gave me, the other I've had for a long time. With my
>first one, I took it out of storage, opened it, dusted it, then tried
>to boot. The other I just tried when I brought it home. They both do
>the exact same thing: When turned on, they happy chime and the hard
>drive spins up. Then nothing. No video, No sad Mac. No boot. Won't
>boot from floppy either (considering no video, that's not a suprise).
>Anyone ever heard of this with 475's or Quadra 605's? Seems strange to
>have it happen on two separate 475's in the exact same way. At first,
>I thought I must have delivered a static discharge to my first 475, but
>now I'm not sure. Any suggestions would be helpful. TIA
>
>Ed Murphy
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