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Flash
Full Member
Australia
637 Posts |
 Posted - 20 Jul 2003 : 05:52:47
This is 68k related coz I am upgrading a LC580 to a PM5200/75  Anyway.... I have a 5200 board that I picked up in the $5 bin at the local electronics shop. I swapped out the LC580 board for the 5200, but it doesn't boot up. It's a case of: no startup 'bong', "no Happy Mac", and therefore a blank screen. Just deadness. And it's not the PRAM battery either (just before anyone mentions it  ) Do I need a ROM chip in the slot before this baby will boot? - - - - - - - - - - - - -
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it sure beats a blank stare for starting a conversation. 68k ParaMedic |
thequietman
Junior Member
Canada
127 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jul 2003 : 06:11:06
Yeah, there's a little ROM SIMM that looks almost like RAM that goes into the ROM slot. I didn't know that some models had ROM SIMMs til i got my 5200 board  . Weird, but I guess it makes replacing the ROM quite a bit easier.
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jul 2003 : 06:26:17
Yeah, you do. Apart from the 5260, no 5200 series machine had the ROM on the mobo. It was always on a ROM/L2 cache SIMM. Damn annoying, too.  "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
Warrior maclover5
68kMLA
Official 68kMLA Detective 
Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1 |
Flash
Full Member
Australia
637 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jul 2003 : 06:48:30
Damn, I was afraid that was the case. And I threw out a 6100 ROM recently coz it had been in the top drawer of the desk for years and I thought I'd never need one!   - - - - - - - - - - - - -
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it sure beats a blank stare for starting a conversation. 68k ParaMedic |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jul 2003 : 07:06:17
Ah well, I don't t hink the 6100 ROM would work on it, anyway!"**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
Warrior maclover5
68kMLA
Official 68kMLA Detective
Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1 |
Do I need a ROM chip?
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