5260/120 issue

[pinto_guy]

I got a 5260/120 from CL yesterday for $30. Came with Stylewriter 1500, modem etc.. After cleanup, fixing the FDD and cleaning some faulty extensions, I got it to work. Alas, after a day or so, it froze and the screen went blank, and not I cannot get it to boot any longer. The PS is OK (5 and 12V on the money and the HDD spins). Upon power on, I hear a healthy chime, but no HDD actuation noise, and a black screen. I replaced the 3.6V battery, reset the Cuda chip, to no avail. What else do I need to look at ?

Thanks in advance !

 

[Nixontheknight]

no HDD actuation noise

That immediately tells me that your hard drive probably went

and a black screen

and this tells me the hard drive is probably trashing the bus. Happened in my 2000 Ruby iMac DV, fixed it by removing the dead drive and replacing it with some other hard drive

 

[pinto_guy]

Thanks. I mostly know compact macs that still show a display when the HDD is toast, with a flashing question mark Mac. Do I understand that the 52xx Macs do not show a screen when the HDD is dead ? And would it boot with a system floppy ?

A dead HDD had crossed my mind, so I disconnected it and still got the same symptoms.....