ajauch@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Alexander Edwin Jauch) (02/13/91)
Lately, when I hit the power key on my cx, nothing happens. Actually I get what sounds like the speaker turning off and on (a kinda muted click) and then nothing. The system will not power up. Drives me crazy. I used to like the idea of a power key, but now I find myself wishing for a regular switch. BTW, I tried the button on the back, same thing happens. Eventually I get lucky and it turns on, but it takes forever (10-20 tries or more). Any ideas? Thanks in Advance. -- Alex Jauch *ajauch@bonnie.ics.uci.edu |"If all you have is a hammer, then the whole* *ajauch@orion.oac.uci.edu |world looks like a nail" -- Stolen *
bschmidt@bnr.ca (Ben Schmidt (BNR)) (02/16/91)
In article <27B89513.7685@ics.uci.edu> ajauch@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Alexander Edwin Jauch) writes: > Lately, when I hit the power key on my cx, nothing happens. Actually I get > what sounds like the speaker turning off and on (a kinda muted click) and > then nothing. The system will not power up. We have same problem here but with a Mac II. Selecting Restart seems to exacerbate the problem. The keyboard on key is more likely to work if we select Shutdown first and wait a moment before trying the keyboard on key. When the problem does occur (e.g. the keyboard on key doesn't turn the Mac II on), the only thing that works is to unplug the Mac II, re-plug it back in and then press the keyboard on key. If it's important, its a vanilla 8 Mb/40Mb Mac II, except for a (yech) old 19" or so, MegaScreen monochrome monitor. Our useless corporate computer dealer (who shall remain nameless --no doubt the result of some financial gnome's low-bid RFP process) says its the Mac's system file (and I'm embarrassed to say yup, we were so desparate we even tried that, but to no avail.) > I used to > like the idea of a power key, but now I find myself wishing for a regular > switch. me too! Ben Schmidt Bell-Northern Research, Ltd. Ph: (613) 763-3906 Information P.O. Box 3511, Station C FAX:(613) 763-3283 Technology Ottawa Canada K1Y 4H7 bschmidt@bnr.ca