System6+Vista
Well-known member
This was the first vintage Mac I bought, in 2009, worked very reliably for a while. About a year ago couldn't boot from the hard disk, just showed the ? screen, but booted into the OS just fine from ROM (Apple+X+O). So I figured the internal HD was dead, OK.
Now, however, I see nothing on the screen save for a faint white line. I have a floppy jammed in there that I can't get out (I've tried the pinhole for manual eject plenty) and I figured that was the root of my issue until a) I plugged in headphones (the speaker has never worked) and can hear the startup chime and b) remembered that a Mac that starts will show something on the screen if it can, even with no OS, right?
Thanks!
Dave Daves
Now, however, I see nothing on the screen save for a faint white line. I have a floppy jammed in there that I can't get out (I've tried the pinhole for manual eject plenty) and I figured that was the root of my issue until a) I plugged in headphones (the speaker has never worked) and can hear the startup chime and b) remembered that a Mac that starts will show something on the screen if it can, even with no OS, right?
Thanks!
Dave Daves