netfreak Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 Got a Classic I wanted to try the ROM boot trick with so it has no internal hard drive installed. I noticed both before and after recapping the board it never reaches the blinking question mark point of the boot process. Basically only goes as far as having the mouse show up then just sits there (mouse still moves around). Tried it both with a good battery and without a battery, doing reboots after power applied, hitting various key combinations. The board looked good with no visible damage so I'm not sure what exactly is causing this. Any ideas? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MacDoctorFL Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Did you wash the mobo? Just asking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
netfreak Posted January 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Yeah after I had no other ideas I tried a full wash. Didn't help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BadGoldEagle Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Check the scsi chip and the traces that connect it to other components. The system will exhibit this exact behavior when there’s a problem with onboard scsi. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
techknight Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Same with the SWIM. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CC_333 Posted May 13, 2018 Report Share Posted May 13, 2018 (edited) Or occasionally, a bad hard drive. c Edited May 13, 2018 by CC_333 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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