Re: Dead Dead Dead

[pho@vmsa.oac.uci.edu]

In article <9OCT199315145390@alpha.sunquest.com>, rjd@alpha.sunquest.com (Robert J. Dull) writes...

>My machine seems to have died.  Whenever I turn it on I get
>a screen with 4 options.  1=Control Panel 2=60 MHZ 3=50 MHZ
>4=Continue startup.  Pressing 4 does nothing, just brings me
>back to the same screen.  I can go into the Control Panel
>and change stuff but it never stays (looks like the battery
>maybe???).  It won't boot from any drive (Hard, 3.5, 5.25).
>When I hit control-apple-reset I get the self-diagnostic
>test (it says System Good).  I'm at a loss.  Any help would
>be greatly appreciated.
> 

Turn off the system, unplug the keyboard from the IIgs then turn the
IIgs on.  If it boots up then either or both of the option keys are
faulty or something else on the keyboard is faulty.  If it's the
keyboard, the first thing you might want to do is take the keyboard
apart and check the ADB solder joints to see if they have developed
a crack over time.  I would resolder all the ADB joints just in
case.  This is the most common problem with the IIgs keyboard.