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Did you zap a chip on the motherboard, namely something to do with the
SCSI controller?  I think I did that on my plus a few years ago.  I was
even using a wrist strap, but I think something shorted anyways.

seeya!

Joe Puente (intense@acadia.net) 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

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

 

either you shocked the machine, the memory you put in is bad, or you
knocked the SCSI connections loose...

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

Joe,
I can't provide all of the answers you are looking for but will do what I
can. I once owned a MacPlus. The MacPlus does NOT have an internal hard
drive but many MacPluses  have an external hard drive installed. If the
MacPlus does not have an external hard drive installed, you will get a
huge question mark on the screen if there is no floppy disk installed with
a system file and finder file located on the floppy disk. Therefore, you
need to install the floppy disk containing the above mentioned files prior
to turning on the MacPlus. The question mark means--I'm looking for a
system file and a finder file--where is it? If you have an external hard
drive that contains a system file and finder file, you should not have
this problem (re: question mark) unless the external drive is not
connected properly or is turned off). I hope this helps.