Re: GS Question

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

"Roger Johnstone" <rojaws@mac.com> wrote in message news:<9jd6cb$2uk$1@lust.ihug.co.nz>...
> In article <%Ok67.37378$JN6.7296144@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com>, "william 
> strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com> wrote:
> 
> > "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.
> >
> > --
> > --
> > William R. Strutts - wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com - Whatever!
> 
> Also check which slot is set for your startup slot in the slots control
> panel. By default it is set to scan, but if it has been set to a slot with
> no drive in it you will get this message too.

Okay, now I think we might be getting somewhere. The woman who sold it
to my brother (who picked it up for me) said that the hard drive
wasn't working right, but there was no hard drive in the box, and the
only card it had in it was a 1 meg memory expansion. Would I still be
able to get to the control panel without being able to boot it up?



Ralph Glatt