On Mon, 12 Jul 2010, phil wrote:
When I said self test, with ctrl closed apple, I did mean closed apple, open apple, ctrl, reset. :-)
It might be a moot point but try turning the IIc off altogether, hold down the two apple keys and turn on the switch and wait a couple of seconds before releasing the two apple keys to see if that works differently. I find that, sometimes, the ctrl-reset trick doesn't work as well as a cold boot.