Mr. Ksoft
Well-known member
Hi, first post here. Nice to see a community for the ol' 68k Macs.
I have this Performa 600, stock except that it has been upgraded to 20MB of memory. It was my first computer, so I've kept it around for nostalgic purposes even though it is such a terrible performer in the Mac world. I pulled it out of storage back in 2007 after it had languished in there for seven years, and it had trouble booting, and would randomly shut off. I traced it to a dead PRAM battery, replaced it, and things have been smooth sailing ever since.
Until yesterday! I haven't used it in a few months, but I was going to yesterday. It gave me the friendly chime, and got partway through booting System 7.1P5 when it just shut off. So I powered it on again. Ran for just a few seconds, then shut off. Frustrated, I tried a few more times, and it shut off even faster every time.
This reminded me of when I first pulled it out, so I thought maybe the PRAM battery went. So I swapped it with a relatively fresh one that I know is working from one of my Power Mac 6100/60av's. No dice, same deal. I pulled that battery out, tried a few more times... and then it just completely stopped doing anything when I pressed the power button. Frustrated, I left it.
Today, I plugged it back in and decided to try once more. It powered up again! And ran for four seconds, then then the same cycle happened all over again.
What's the deal with it? I'm guessing the power supply is toast, but I don't think I have anything that can be substituted. My only two other Macs are both Power Mac 6100/60av's. Anybody who's better with Macs than I want to weigh in?
I have this Performa 600, stock except that it has been upgraded to 20MB of memory. It was my first computer, so I've kept it around for nostalgic purposes even though it is such a terrible performer in the Mac world. I pulled it out of storage back in 2007 after it had languished in there for seven years, and it had trouble booting, and would randomly shut off. I traced it to a dead PRAM battery, replaced it, and things have been smooth sailing ever since.
Until yesterday! I haven't used it in a few months, but I was going to yesterday. It gave me the friendly chime, and got partway through booting System 7.1P5 when it just shut off. So I powered it on again. Ran for just a few seconds, then shut off. Frustrated, I tried a few more times, and it shut off even faster every time.
This reminded me of when I first pulled it out, so I thought maybe the PRAM battery went. So I swapped it with a relatively fresh one that I know is working from one of my Power Mac 6100/60av's. No dice, same deal. I pulled that battery out, tried a few more times... and then it just completely stopped doing anything when I pressed the power button. Frustrated, I left it.
Today, I plugged it back in and decided to try once more. It powered up again! And ran for four seconds, then then the same cycle happened all over again.
What's the deal with it? I'm guessing the power supply is toast, but I don't think I have anything that can be substituted. My only two other Macs are both Power Mac 6100/60av's. Anybody who's better with Macs than I want to weigh in?