Re: GS Question

[mairsil@my-deja.com (Ralph Glatt)]

"william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com> wrote in message news:<%Ok67.37378$JN6.7296144@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com>...
> "Ralph Glatt" <mairsil@my-deja.com> wrote in message
> 3be3af45.0107211123.7f0c2bb0@posting.google.com">news:3be3af45.0107211123.7f0c2bb0@posting.google.com...
> > Okay, I just recently got another GS to play with. When I started it
> > up, I got the message Check Input Device. (Or something like that) I
> > tested the drives, mouse and keyboard on another GS, they worked fine.
> > So, what could be wrong with the motherboard, and how do I fix it? Is
> > it even worth bothering?
> >
> >
> 
> It is looking for a boot disk.  Put in Prodos into a drive and
> it should boot up.  That message was added in the later
> ROM's.  It should have a symbol of an apple flashing across
> the screen in a line.

Uh, Will? I DID use a boot disk in both drives. I'm not a newbie,
y'know! ;-) And by the looks of the motherboard, it's a ROM 01. I'm
just afraid it might be a chip gone bad.



Ralph Glatt