AndyO
Well-known member
I have a Classic II which has booted in the recent past, but has sat unused for many months. When I go to boot it up, I get a checkerboard screen (large black and grey squares like a chess board), and then at the next attempt, thick black and grey vertical stripes. I can hear the fan running, and the drive spins up.
I'm fairly sure I've seen posts about these symptoms, but I can't find them in a search, so I was wondering if there's a common cause for this behavior.
The system has not been recapped - indeed it hasn't had any work done on it at all that I know of, but I have only had it about a year. When I got it, it booted and worked, though not reliably. Sometimes it would simply hang up as it started. It was really cheap so I didn't actually expect it to work at all!
I don't have the skills necessary to repair it, or even recap it, but I'm curious what might be the obvious cause(s) of this - at least then I may have some idea which bits to mail off somewhere to have fixed!
I'm fairly sure I've seen posts about these symptoms, but I can't find them in a search, so I was wondering if there's a common cause for this behavior.
The system has not been recapped - indeed it hasn't had any work done on it at all that I know of, but I have only had it about a year. When I got it, it booted and worked, though not reliably. Sometimes it would simply hang up as it started. It was really cheap so I didn't actually expect it to work at all!
I don't have the skills necessary to repair it, or even recap it, but I'm curious what might be the obvious cause(s) of this - at least then I may have some idea which bits to mail off somewhere to have fixed!