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In article <intense-2707970755180001@bhb32.acadia.net>,
intense@acadia.net (Joe Puente) wrote:

>>I need help.
>>
>>   I work for an ISP that also puts together computer systems for sale and
>>I was asked to upgrade the RAM on a couple of Mac Pluses. Having upgraded
>>my own Mac Plus a few days prior, and successfully, I might add, I took on
>>the task. Well, I opened up the boxes, swapped out the SIMMS and clipped
>>the jumpers so the computers would recognize the larger SIMMS. However,
>>when I turned the Machines on with a System 6.0.7 startup floppy, to my
>>surprise, the entire screen was blank except for a tiny little square in
>>the center large enough for the Disk icon with a question mark or the
>>smiling Macintosh icon you see at startup. Unfortunately, after the disks
>>spinned for a few seconds, the computers froze and all I saw was the Mac
>>icon in its little box in the center of the screen. I'm afraid I might
>>have cost my company the sale of two perfectly good computers. I need to
>>redeem myself. I'm the Mac guy in the company!
>>
>>   Here's a new problem with my Mac Plus. After I upgraded the RAM on my
>>Plus to a full 4MB, My computer recignized it fine and didn't have any
>>screen problems... however, I can no longer startup off my Zip drive like
>>I used to. I can boot off a floppy wioth 6.0.8 and the Iomega driver and
>>the Zip disks will mount, but that doesn't help me if I want to boot off
>>the Zip using system 7.1. All it does is give me a dead Mac in the middle
>>of the screen with 0F001C writen under it. Help! I want to boot off my Zip
>>and I don't want to hasle with getting an old hard drive.
>>
>>   -Joe


When adding SIMMs you must *remove* the configuration resistor R8 which has
the wording "RAM SIZE" above it.

Kind Regards,

Martin Pickering
satcure(nospam)@netcentral.co.uk
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