I was preparing my old Quadra 610 to give away to a needy family, but things are not going so well.
Does anyone remember what it means if right after the start-up chime you hear sounds similar to what a xylophone makes?
The last time I remember playing with this computer, the disk drive was giving me fits. I replaced it, but it still just wants to re-intiialize the inserted floppy. Anyway, this is not so important at the moment. I was just hoping that I could make this computer work so that the grand daughter of this elderly couple could make use of it. As I understand it, the mother just left her daughter with her parents and expected them to raise her own child.
This computer was working OK this morning, but then the OS started freezing up and locking up the mouse which forced me to shut down by using the power switch. Not good, I know, but I had no choice. Now, the monitor does not come on and then I'm now hearing this odd sound. My Owner's Manual for this computer are in another state which is no help.
If this is the death quell of this Quadra, I'll just have to give them the bad news. Guess I should have checked it out before I offered to give it to them.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Does anyone remember what it means if right after the start-up chime you hear sounds similar to what a xylophone makes?
The last time I remember playing with this computer, the disk drive was giving me fits. I replaced it, but it still just wants to re-intiialize the inserted floppy. Anyway, this is not so important at the moment. I was just hoping that I could make this computer work so that the grand daughter of this elderly couple could make use of it. As I understand it, the mother just left her daughter with her parents and expected them to raise her own child.
This computer was working OK this morning, but then the OS started freezing up and locking up the mouse which forced me to shut down by using the power switch. Not good, I know, but I had no choice. Now, the monitor does not come on and then I'm now hearing this odd sound. My Owner's Manual for this computer are in another state which is no help.
If this is the death quell of this Quadra, I'll just have to give them the bad news. Guess I should have checked it out before I offered to give it to them.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.