richard: thanks for your suggestion and your offer. i never cease to be amazed at a mac user's generosity. i will talk to him tomorrow ant tell him to use the button in my machine. maybe i can get one later, like you say. thanks, again g On Mar 15, 2004, at 5:49 PM, Richard Clark wrote: > > On 15 Mar 2004, at 10:41 PM, Gladys Pérez-Almiroty wrote: > >> the one outside. it looks like it has been misshandled before and >> when you press it to flash it, nothing happens. >> as to the guys competency, he has never failed me before, and he >> recognized the problem immediately. >> he has done several processor upgrades for me before, so i have no >> reason to think he doesn't know hoe to do it. >> g > > you can find the one for the outside usually on ebay for cheap and in > the meantime he can just pull the card out where the buttons are > mounted and short the pins on the switch for a second or two, that > will get you going until the part arrives or if you want you can pull > the one out of your cube and put it in the other cube just to do the > job until the new part arrives. So if the problem is the switch it > isn't really a big problem. Hope you get it up and running if this had > happened a week ago i would have given you the reset button but > unfortunately it was promised to a friend last week. > > Richard > > > ---------- > Check out the Cube email list FAQ > http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/Cube.html > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <Cube-off at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > <Cube-digest at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > Need help from a real person? Try. > <Cube-request at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > > ---------- > $14.99 Unlimited Nationwide Mac Dialup and Mac Web Hosting from your > Mac ISP > Serious Mac Internet Solutions From NineWire! > http://macinternetaccess.com > > T3Hub | 3 Port USB Hub weighs less than an ounce! > Dr. Bott| <http://www.drbott.com/prod/T3Hub.html> > > Cyberian | Support this list when you buy at Outpost.com! > Outpost | http://www.themacintoshguy.com/outpost.shtml > > ADC Extension | Extend the built in cable of your flat panel by 10 ft. > Dr. Bott | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/ADCExtension.html> >