possible battery issue

[g_tyrebiter]

Hiya folks
I have a bunch of macs around home...(I'm a graphics designer so dont hold it against me lol)
well; the ol' power pc in the garage seems to boot ok <CHANG> but, has no smilin' mac starter
thus no icons...tried the basics i.e. rebuild desktop, zapped the pram, load bootable cd .
nada
zip
nuthin
ps
I can see mouse pointer movin' around

battery ? maybe ???

pps
in 20 odd years first mac to ever say sod off you

any help would be appreciated

 

[Ric]

Hi there and welcome,

What Mac is it ? What OS ?

Certainly sounds like the PRAM battery...

Have you got an OS disk (CD or floppy) to try and boot it from ?

Does it boot from that ?

regards

Ric

 

[g_tyrebiter]

hiya ric
the mac in question is a 77200/90 PowerPC;
running 7.5 (if memory serves me)
yep tried booting from CD also a Norton Floppy
to no avail
cheers & thanx
out

 

[Ric]

Hi there,

these are always tricky when not 'hands on'...

Things to try...check the PRAM battery with a multi meter...reseat the RAM and VRAM chips...then ig no joy start from the plug with the multi meter working your way till you find the fault.

Not a great help, but the best I can do with out getting my hands on it ;-)

regards

Ric