On 7/23/2012 3:03 PM, KP wrote:
Yesterday, I turned on an Apple /// for the first time. Nothing
showed up on the Monitor ///, which did have its red "power" light
on. The /// "on" light was on, and the built-in disk drive briefly
whirred before going quiet. I turned the machine off and waited
several seconds. I then turned the machine back on again. This time,
and on subsequent attempts, there was no disk drive noise. Instead,
the "on" light went on but nothing showed up on the screen and it just
sat there very quietly.
Thoughts? Is it dead? Can it be resurrected?
It's pinin' for the fjords.
What it needs is a good chip reseating. (No, don't drop it.) You can
try the cheap way by taking the top cover off and pushing down on all
the chips you can get to. But to do it properly, you need to drop the
pan and carefully disconnect the connectors in place in order to isolate
the board. Then you can get at everything... the memory riser is
especially challenging, but again maybe you'll get lucky and the problem
will be elsewhere. Just try mushing down on each chip and then powering
back up.