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From: xzoy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: SE/30 Problem, Need Help!
Message-ID: <4217.266c09ed@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
Date: 5 Jun 90 23:37:17 GMT
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I am having a problem with my SE/30. When I turn it on, it makes the 
usual turn on beeping noise.   Then it makes a four-tone musical noise.
While it makes the noises, the screen lights up to its normal grey, but
with about 3/4 inch black upper and lower margins. Then it just sits.
I let it sit for about 2 hours last night with no results. The machine has
5 megs of RAM and an external hard disk. I have detached the hard
disk and am just trying to boot off of a floppy disk (System 6.0.5). 
Naturally I would prefer to boot from my hard disk, but by having it dis-
connected I think I have shown that the problem is not with the hard
disk.  I think I remember hearing about various error tones on start
up with Mac II-type Macs, but I don't know what they mean or if they
apply to the SE/30.  It might also be relevant that my SE/30 is
recently upgraded from an SE. It currently has only an 800K internal
floppy drive, no internal superdrive or hard disk. It is not attached
to any SCSI devices at this time.
Anybody have any ideas as to what the problem might be? I'd like to 
have some ideas before I contact the local repair folks (if its needed)
in case this is a problem they are not familiar with. Better yet, I'd
like to fix it myself.
Thanks, Tonya Byard