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Altivec
Starting Member
2 Posts |
 Posted - 03 Mar 2002 : 19:54:58
Someone left a Performa 550 next to the dumpster in my apartment complex, so naturally I snatched it up. I brought it to it's new home, attached a power cable, switched it on, and the power light didn't turn green. All I heard was a click that sounded like the monitor was powering on.Is it possible that the power supply is bad, or could it be something easy like a bad PRAM battery? I'm heading to radio shack tomorrow to get a replacement battery, I hope that's all it is. |
FireWire is fast
General, 4 star
USA
1559 Posts |
Posted - 03 Mar 2002 : 20:35:46
If the PRAM battery doesn't fix it (which I'm certain it won't) then you either have a dead motherboard or power supply...--------------------
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AnubisTTP
Junior Member
USA
308 Posts |
Posted - 04 Mar 2002 : 07:20:33
The Preforma 550 requires a keyboard to power up because you have to turn it on with the soft power key on the keyboard. Flipping the hard power switch on the back just powers it up enough that it can listen for the soft power signal from the keyboard.AnubisTTP
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FireWire is fast
General, 4 star
USA
1559 Posts |
Posted - 04 Mar 2002 : 08:28:35
haha whups! Forgot about that...you have to flip the switch then press the power key on the keyboard...those silly psuedo-soft-power macs...There was a similar thread about a CC in the MAF a while ago...silly me --------------------
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Altivec
Starting Member
2 Posts |
Posted - 05 Mar 2002 : 00:42:24
DoH! I should have remembered that. I used to have a IISi that acted similarly.Turns out the 550 (same as a Color Classic II) booted up just fine from the keyboard. Here's the specs on this screamin machine: Performa 550
5 MB RAM
80MB HD
4x(?) CD-ROM
33Mhz 68030 I may slap a copy of NetBSD on it and run it as a webserver with a few static pages if I can find an Ethernet card, for the sole purpose of showing it can be done. :D Time to search on eBay. Sonnet makes a 68040 accelerator board that comes with an ethernet jack. hopefully I can find one. Thanks for the tips guys!
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FireWire is fast
General, 4 star
USA
1559 Posts |
Posted - 05 Mar 2002 : 07:56:59
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DoH! I should have remembered that. I used to have a IISi that acted similarly.
actually, the IIsi was much easier...just press the power key on your 'board or just press the button on the back of it an *bing* it turns on...They try to make it hard with these by making you flip a switch and press that silly key --------------------
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-the Quadra/Centris Stick of Justice™
-the HTML Keyboard of Greater Knowledge™
-Compact Mac Wand of Power with Shocking Flyback Transformer Tip™
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Dead Power Supply?
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