My Power Macintosh 9500 Server

[morgant]

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The PRAM battery needs replacing, so sometimes if it looses power for too long (in this case a physical move) it loses the AppleTalk port settings. Since I use LocalTalk Bridge and multihoming in AppleShare IP it then starts complaining about duplicate serial number use on the same network, requiring AppleTalk settings to be restored.

 

[Dog Cow]

I have to say my 9500 was a champ while it was my server boxen. Sadly its dead according to Dog Cow . I'll loved the hostname I gave it too, "stoplock". Admittedly I ran Linux on it, but it ran very well.

What happened to it? Do you need parts?

@wthww: I'm NOT WORTHY!!! :'(

@johnklos: see here: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=11334

 

[johnklos]

What happened to it? Do you need parts?

@wthww: I'm NOT WORTHY!!! :'(

@johnklos: see here: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=11334

Interesting problem. It reminds me of a problem I used to see back in the days of cartridge-type CPUs. People would sometimes not be careful when removing CPU cards and they'd crack the plastic tip in the center of the slot. The plastic would sometimes stay stuck in the CPU card, and sometimes it'd fall into the CPU slot and keep the card from seating properly. An unseated CPU card basically is shorting power and ground planes, so the power would click on for a moment, then off.

So... What's the final verdict? Do you need some parts? I have LOTS of 9600-type parts and 9600 systems.

 

[ClassicHasClass]

What happened to it? Do you need parts?

@wthww: I'm NOT WORTHY!!! :'(

@johnklos: see here: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=11334

Interesting problem. It reminds me of a problem I used to see back in the days of cartridge-type CPUs. People would sometimes not be careful when removing CPU cards and they'd crack the plastic tip in the center of the slot. The plastic would sometimes stay stuck in the CPU card, and sometimes it'd fall into the CPU slot and keep the card from seating properly. An unseated CPU card basically is shorting power and ground planes, so the power would click on for a moment, then off.

So... What's the final verdict? Do you need some parts? I have LOTS of 9600-type parts and 9600 systems.

I saw *exactly* those systems when I had a PCI card just misplaced just enough to short something -- the power would click on and then right away off. Reseating the PCI cards fixed the problem. This was, natch, one of my 7300s (boy, was I praying and genuflecting when it wouldn't start up).

 

[Dog Cow]

So... What's the final verdict? Do you need some parts? I have LOTS of 9600-type parts and 9600 systems.

Someone had offered to send me a CPU card, but never replied. So, I suppose I do need parts. But as stated in the final post in the Startup woes topic, the 9500 has been stored away at my parents' house, and will probably remain there until at least summer time.