gadkari@giza.cis.ohio-state.edu (S S Gadkari) (01/19/90)
I have a Mac Plus and GCC FX/20 Hard drive. I had a pipe freeze - burst - ceiling cave in over my Mac. Apparently (i was not there) the Mac itself seemed undamaged and started up fine when I turned it on next. Now, it intermittently gives me system errors on startup (id = 02, which I believe is an address error) and once the screen froze and a blank 'system message' style window appeared while I was using a spreadsheet... I replaced all my system files from the Master disks and the problem persists - a month after the cave in. A) Can I correctly conclude that this is a mac (not drive) hardware error? If not, is there a simple way to find out? B) Is there anything I can do before handing over large sums of money to a repair shop in terms of fixing or diagnosis? I have a reasonable understanding of the organization of a Mac but no hardware test equipment - and the last time I played with circuits was in Junior Year engg labs. c) Was it a mistake to NOT buy the wonderful extended warranty? Should I do so on future Mac / computer hardware purchases? Please reply by mail. Thanks a ton! Sanjay Gadkari (gadkari@cis.ohio-state.edu)