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Floppies Damaged
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Apple PowerBook G3 M4753 233MHz 384MB 4GB Floppy Drive Laptop for Parts/Repair |  |
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US $30.00 | 29d 22h 20m |
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BROKEN LID TEAC USB EXTERNAL FLOPPY DRIVE FD-05PUB | |
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US $6.00 | 23d 1h 56m |
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USED Untested Dell dvd\cdrw floppy drive media base pr03s FOR PARTS/REPAIR READ | |
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US $9.99 | 17d 3h 3m |
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Siemens 8'' Floppy Drive for Parts Untested | |
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US $150.00 | 2d 18h 4m |
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Floppy disc player with cable, nothing broken | |
1 Bid | US $1.40 | 1h 40m |
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Sony Digital Camera Floppy Disc Not Working For Parts or Repair Only | |
0 Bid | US $25.00 | 3d 20h 9m |
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Sony 3.5" Floppy Internal Drive FOR PARTS OR REPAIR from Macintosh Quadra 840AV | |
0 Bid | US $2.00 | 4d 9m |
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Vintage Commodore 64 for parts with Single Drive Floppy Disk Model1541 Untested | |
0 Bid | US $14.99 | 4d 4h 12m |
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Dell Latitude D800 WIFI Wireless Floppy Drive 512MB RAM AS IS For Parts | |
0 Bid | US $35.00 | 5d 21h 53m |
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How to Diagnose the Damage of Your PC
Before shelling out your hard-earned money to have your PC repaired, consider investing your time and effort in diagnosing the damage yourself. Who knows? It might turn out to be a glitch you could easily resolve.
Common PC Startup Problems
Many PC troubles begin when you’ve just booted your PC. Here are a few similar situations and what you can do about it.
No Response
If you’ve turned your PC on and there is no audio or light response from it, the problem could lie in your motherboard, power supply, or the CPU itself.
Beeping, Et Al
Don’t be alarmed if you hear the ever notorious – and threatening – beeping of your PC upon booting it. This could just mean there’s a bit of error with regard your motherboard, memory, video card, or even your keyboard. If you wish for further understanding, there are beep codes you can find online to give you a more in-depth analysis behind each kind of beep.
As for all other types of noise, screeches and so forth, this could be due to errors with your floppy drive, hard disk, CD or DVD-ROM, or even your CPU, internal or case fans, or power supply.
Blank Screen
Check the video card as well as its connection. If not that, then it could be your monitor having problems.
OS Loading Problems
If your PC freezes right before your OS loads, this may be due to errors in your CPU, motherboard, hard disk, or memory. On the other hand, if the incident occurred while your PC is in the process of loading its OS, a software problem may be the cause of it. Have you recently installed a new program? If so, there may be compatibility issues or there were some missteps during the installation process.
Automatic Shut-Off
Did your PC shut off by itself? Such response may be due to external or internal damage. Let’s start with what can be seen right away; how regularly do you clean your CPU?
Are you aware that dust accumulation can inflict severe damage on your PC? As such, it’s important that you not only clean your PC in and out, but you should do so properly.
Are all fans working? Too much heat within your CPU could cause operational difficulties or, in your case, complete shutdowns. How about the power supply? Is it still working? Last but not the least, check the power features in the Control Panel as well as in your BIOS.
If your diagnosis still hasn’t revealed any concrete problem with your PC, that’s the only time you should consult a professional!
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Macintosh Classic II help?
I am a computer nerd, and I have lots of old Macintosh computers. One of them, a Classic II, flashes an icon of a disk with a blinking question mark on it instead of booting up normally.
Is the hard drive damaged? What should I do to boot and/or repair it?
By the way, I have tried making "bootable floppies" via downloads or instructions from various websites. None have worked (out of around 10). The computer just ejects them. On the other hand, one homemade system 6.0.8 copy begins to boot (w/ happy mac) then shows a box which says that the version is too old for this computer.
Any ideas? My best idea so far is to somehow obtain a copy of the 7.0.1 "Disk Tools" floppy. None on eBay though.
I too enjoy vintage macs!
I wouldn't necessarily say that the hard drive in this unit is toast. Perhaps the operating system is just messed up. I know that apple used to give away the older operating systems on their FTP site, but that was ages ago...
Have you tried the applecare old software download page?
http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html
They might have something you can boot with.
Good Luck!
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