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Larry Stoter wrote:
> 
> Simon Phillips <phillips@enterprise.net> wrote:
> 
> > I have a dead Macintosh LC2 4/80. When switched on the hard drive starts up
> > but the monitor shows black. I've tried booting from a floppy but there is
> > no response. Any suggestions?
> >
> > TIA, Simon.
> >

Simon,
       do you get the macintosh "boiinngg" from the speaker when you power 
up or do you just hear the hard drive spin up?  If you don't hear the boing 
then the mac isn't going and as a result the monitor would show black.  You 
can check if the monitor is really working by winding the brightness up to 
maximum.  If it is working properly you should see a sort of grey square, 
about the the size and shape of the screen you would normally see the 
picture on (that is - not touching the sides but having a nice sharp straight 
edged border to it).  If full brightness produces no grey square your 
monitor is culprit.  If grey square can be seen then computer is likely 
culprit - which is bad luck - monitors are cheaper to replace than CPUs 
are to be repaired.

Steve Parker