[CUBE] CPU upgrade boots first time, but then not ...

[johnderbyshire]

on 9/4/04 5:53 pm, Christian Leue at c.leue at mac.com wrote:


> 
> Sorry I can't offer a solution to your problem, but I can see very
> similar behavior on my Cube with the Gigadesigns upgrade: it restarts
> fine, but once I power it off, it no longer boots. I can hear the hard
> disk spin up, but no startup chime. My solution (besides not
> intentionally powering off, of course) is to pull the core and press
> the CUDA switch. Then it boots fine again, but only once...
> 
> I have tried all the usual suspects: replacing battery, powering on
> with the programmer's switch pressed, zapping the PRAM and resetting
> OpenFirmware. no luck.
> 
> Have you had any improvement since you posted your message?
> 
> Cheers,
> Christian
> 


I'm about to fit a Gigadesigns upgrade into the Cube.  Have you found
anything more about reasons or solutions to this problem?

Best regards
John