on 11/13/03 4:05 AM, Marcin Wichary at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for your other suggestions. I just looked inside my LC II. > > Everything looks positively clean and nice there. Not much > dust, no leaking batteries, everything looking good. > However, in the top left corner of the case (above the processor > and next to the big white slot), in the place with all the > little chips and capacitors, there's some sort of sticky > substance on everything (just a little bit of it) and all solders > look significantly less shiny than in the other parts of the > board. Can this be the culprit?
That's possibly the cause of no sound at startup. > There's a VRAM stick inserted in the slot (reinserted it), > but the two DRAM slots next to it are empty. However, on > the opposite side there are eight chips (UI2-UI9) labeled DRAM. > Is it the onboard memory or the Mac is simply memoryless now? No. it has 4 megs of RAM onboard. > The video plug end from the monitor (the one you attach to > the computer) only has 6 pins -- 5 in the top row and one > in the bottom. Then that can be the problem. You may need a monitor with at least 12 of the 15 pins. Sounds like that monitor COULD be one for an Apple II. > Next to the good-looking battery there are six pins labeled > A20 or A21... what are those for? (resetting battery?) IF there's no fan or speaker in there, it may be for those. > Tried to launch it with HDD/floppy/monitor/input devices > detached -- still no luck. > > What now...? See the wrong-monitor comment above. > > Marcin Wichary -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
