mcdermd
Well-known member
Not all dead. MOSTLY dead. Looking for a clue here ...
I picked up a Quadra 950 last week and it game me half the chimes of death on the first boot. I removed four of the memory modules and it started booting normally so I figured it was good.
I took it apart today to give it a thorough cleaning as it was really filthy inside (giant dust bunnies). I put everything back together and now I get the second half of the chimes of death after the RAM check.I removed everything from the logic board except four 1 MB sticks of RAM and the power supply (no RAM, no VRAM SIMMs, no SCSI or floppy cables, no cards, no PRAM battery). All I get is a normal "bong" followed by the RAM check followed by the second half of the death chimes.
Any ideas? Is it checking VRAM next? SCSI chain?
I picked up a Quadra 950 last week and it game me half the chimes of death on the first boot. I removed four of the memory modules and it started booting normally so I figured it was good.
I took it apart today to give it a thorough cleaning as it was really filthy inside (giant dust bunnies). I put everything back together and now I get the second half of the chimes of death after the RAM check.I removed everything from the logic board except four 1 MB sticks of RAM and the power supply (no RAM, no VRAM SIMMs, no SCSI or floppy cables, no cards, no PRAM battery). All I get is a normal "bong" followed by the RAM check followed by the second half of the death chimes.
Any ideas? Is it checking VRAM next? SCSI chain?