>>>Do you get the blinking floppy disk icon ? >> >>Not even that. Maybe I have a more serious problem than I thought. > >Right. Having dug out an external CDR and hooked it to the SCSI port >with a MacOS system disc in it, and having still the symptom of a >screen that's just blank (dark grey, though lit), I'd have to guess >that there's something else wrong. Next step I'd have to guess >would be to hook up an external monitor to it, even assuming I can. >Tinkering continues. > > - LA If the screen never lights up it may be a GLOD or a screen issue. The external monitor is a good idea. Mad Dog