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>From: Mark Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Vintage Macs)
>Subject: Re: LC problems
>Date: Mon, Jun 24, 2002, 1:10 AM
>
>>Hi, I have 3 LCs and 1 LCII motherboards, and I can't seen to get them
>>working.
>>Or should I say show up on the monitor.
>>It sounds like it is booting off the HDD.
>>If I put a boot floppy in, it sounds like it is booting off the floppy.
>>But I see nothing on an old 12" RGB, and a 12" or 13" high res. RGB.
>>What monitor are these supposed to use?
>
> Try using a known good PRAM battery. It is a well known problem that
> if the PRAM battery is totally flat on LC machines the video may not
> show up. To test this and save you buying unnecessary PRAM batteries
> you can try this trick:
>
> 1. Setup your LC as normal and connect to a monitor (it damn well
> ought to run on a 12" RGB considering that's what they sold 'em with!)
> 2. Switch on.
> 3. Wait until you hear the 'bong' and hard disk get *right* through
> it's power up, you should know what this sounds like if you have been
> around it long enough ;)
> 4. As soon as the hard disk is up to speed but BEFORE it starts
> loading Mac OS switch off and back on instantly.
> 5. The video should show up.
>
> I've also know the video to work on LC machines with the battery out
> but not with a dead battery in.
>
> --
>
> --
> Mark Benson
Hmmm....
I have three LC's, two LC II's that don't care if the battery is dead. They
come on anyway. ;^)
It's some LC III's and up that won't video with a dead battery, IIRC.
Jeff
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