Re: Apple //e Not Booting

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

John B. Matthews wrote:
> In article <3_Sdnavfq-XAkBbWnZ2dnUVZ_qydnZ2d@giganews.com>,
>  "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Senor Wences wrote:
> >
> > > I found a 65C02 online that I have purchased. Thanks for the 
> > > troubleshooting information, Bill. With any luck my //e will be up 
> > > and running again. With the 65C02 pulled from the motherboard I get 
> > > the same horizontal bar pattern, so hopefully a blown CPU is the 
> > > culprit here.
> >
> > ..or anything at all that prevents the reset code from running, which 
> > could be several things.  Frankly, the likelihood of a CPU failing in 
> > an unpowered machine is pretty low.
>
>
> Would it make any difference if the machine was unplugged, rather than 
> simply unpowered? In particular, is an unplugged machine more 
> susceptible to damage from static discharge?

ESD can cause some strange faults, but selectively blowing the CPU
in a //e with a closed case seems particularly strange.

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