trouble booting 7200

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Groucho - 27 Oct 2003 12:47 GMT

picked up a 7200 for my dad to use and have had trouble booting it up.

here's what happens:

Boot up sound
Happy Mac (hard drive clicking away)
Nothing... Extensions don't load

I have tried: pulling the memory cards out and putting them back in.
Ditto in with Vram.

It has 2 hard drives -- tried puling each out, but with one I get
(descibed above) and the other gets a question mark

Tried booting the computer from system (9.1) install and get it won't
boot

any thoughts?

Groucho

please respond to the group -- the email above doesn't work no more

:-)

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PM - 27 Oct 2003 17:23 GMT

> picked up a 7200 for my dad to use and have had trouble booting it up.
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> Groucho

have you tried using an older boot disk, eg OS 8?

Paul

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Steve Jay - 27 Oct 2003 21:14 GMT

replace the logic board battery, probably a 3.6 volt 1/2 AA lithium battery

> picked up a 7200 for my dad to use and have had trouble booting it up.
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> please respond to the group -- the email above doesn't work no more
> :-)

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Graley - 29 Oct 2003 01:42 GMT

Hold down the shift key as yu start. Maybe the first ext is a bad one.
If it does start, check out the load sequence and remove it.

Graley

> picked up a 7200 for my dad to use and have had trouble booting it up.
>
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> please respond to the group -- the email above doesn't work no more
> :-)

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trouble booting 7200