Please help me. I have a powerbook 540c with Os 7.5.5 (From memory) Installed on it.
Problem is, It wont boot up, even when it is plugged into the mains. Is there any ideas on how I could get this in working condidtion again ?

does it beep when you try to boot?

No, It dosent boot. Nothing hapens.

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Does anything appear on the screen.

Like a question mark or frowny face?

How do you even know it's on?

Is the problem that it won't turn on or that it won't boot (yes there is a difference).

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if it doesn't make any clicking noises, or make a boot chime, then you're probably out of luck. if nothing appears on the screen, its impossible to tell whats wrong without bustin the thing open.

The last time it booted up, I got a picture of a bomb and some random characters on screen.

I press the power button on the keyboard, no signs of life, nothing.

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Originally posted by kieran1394:
The last time it booted up, I got a picture of a bomb and some random characters on screen.

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yeah, your fucked.

What does it mean ?

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Originally posted by kieran1394:
Please help me. I have a powerbook 540c with Os 7.5.5 (From memory) Installed on it.
Problem is, It wont boot up, even when it is plugged into the mains. Is there any ideas on how I could get this in working condidtion again ?

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Go here. Download the PDF file you will find there. Look in the troubleshooting section of said PDF, and try to determine what went wrong.

I'm an AppleCare Technician, and have access to these things, but you don't know where it came from, right?

Hope this helps.


[This message has been edited by spodie (edited 03-19-2006).]

Looks like I need to replace a fuse on the MoBo.

[This message has been edited by kieran1394 (edited 03-20-2006).]

Its not as bad as I thought it was. A fuse will cost you what, like 3 bucks?

Yeah around 3 bucks. As soon as I get some money Ill buy it.

I also have Powermac 5500/250. Are they any good ? I mean, I just found it.

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Originally posted by kieran1394:
Yeah around 3 bucks. As soon as I get some money Ill buy it.

I also have Powermac 5500/250. Are they any good ? I mean, I just found it.

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not for anything serious, but it should be adequate for web+emai.

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Originally posted by kieran1394:
Yeah around 3 bucks. As soon as I get some money Ill buy it.

I also have Powermac 5500/250. Are they any good ? I mean, I just found it.

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Yeah, that's a pretty good machine. Max out the RAM on it, install Mac OS 9.1, and go to town with it. Won't run OS X, but will run various Linux distros. I have a 6500/275 sitting beside me running Ubuntu Linux 5.1.0 right this second.

I was going to put OS 7 and trick that out (system7today.com interested me in this). Is there any faults in that PowerMac model (Like the 5300 powerbook) ?

If you're looking into a 5300, read this.

...and yes, System 7.6.1 is still a damn fine OS, IMHO. It will get you on the internet, will run professional apps just fine, and will be completely immune to spyware and viruses. It takes very little memory to run it � last time I checked, it used 10-12 MB.

System 8 was all right, but there was just too much butter on the toast for my liking. Too many bells and whistles that were unneeded for everyday tasks. I have customers that still run System 7 and will until the day they die.