DEAD ADB PORT
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I can seem to get my ADB bus to work. My mac will go on, when I
push the power key, but that's it. Could someone helpme!!! NOTHING
ELSE WORKS NO MOUSE OR KEYBOARD
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If your ADB bus is dead, so's your Mac.
Unfortunately, Apple designed the motherboard so that you can't just fix a dead
ADB port. I strongly suggest that you take your computer to a reputable repair
place (there are two here in NYC -- notice I said "reputable"; just being an
authorized Apple place ain't enough). There's always hope that it could be
something else.
The only good side I can think of is that your info isn't lost; after all, the
hard drive can be hooked up to another machine.
Good luck.
Dan Jacoby
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Cathy Stevenson
What exactly happens to you? Do you get a video
response? On some models, failure of video isa simply
a sign of a dead logic board battery.
Cathy
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cstevenson, M.D.
ea...@hotmail.com
In article <6ffa52$l4c$1...@nntp1.ba.best.com>,
messages, no problem getting to the desktop. It's just that anything
connected to the ADB port supposively dead. For example, when you
start up a MAC all the lights blink on the keyboard. That doesn't
even happen on mine!
ea...@hotmail.com
In article <199803262310...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
EasyW >> It's Easyware come see my reply I posted earlier.
Clark Martin
>I can seem to get my ADB bus to work. My mac will go on, when I
>push the power key, but that's it. Could someone helpme!!! NOTHING
>ELSE WORKS NO MOUSE OR KEYBOARD
Try booting with just the mouse or just the keyboard. You may have a bad
ADB device or cable. There should be a button on the back or front of the
computer to boot it instead of the power key on the keyboard. I had a
mouse once that took down the whole ADB bus, preventing the keyboard from
working also.
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Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting
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Philippe LAURENT
<ea...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I can seem to get my ADB bus to work. My mac will go on, when I
> push the power key, but that's it. Could someone helpme!!! NOTHING
> ELSE WORKS NO MOUSE OR KEYBOARD
>
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> http://www.dejanews.com/ Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading
What kind of mac are you using. I had this problem with a SE 30 and a
Mac II Fx and i easily solved the problem by replacing the fuse under
the motherboard just below the adb port. If you do not have a fuse, just
make the contact between with aluminium paper.
I do not know if it works on newer macs.
Hope this helped.
Philippe LAURENT
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