Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!ncar!umigw!gables!gtww2z9z%gables.span From: gtww2z9z%gables.span@umigw.miami.edu (Jason Gross) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Sad Mac 00..04 00..00? Message-ID: Date: 15 Dec 88 04:16:21 GMT References: <1902@erix.ericsson.se> Organization: University of Miami (IR) Lines: 28 In article <1902@erix.ericsson.se>, Goeran Baage writes: > My MacSE gives me a sad mac with the code 00..04 00..00 at startup and some > funny patterns before showing the sad mac. Any of you mac wizards out > there know whats wrong? The strange thing is that I can sometimes get > the mac to start ok by holding down option or clover when starting, and > once it starts it seems to work ok. > > The Mac is about half a year old and bought in the US but used in Sweden. The Sad Mac is an indication of something very wrong with the workings of your Mac. The fact that it works when you hold down the option or command (the clover) keys leads me to believe that it could be some INIT or Cdev causing the problem, though I've never heard of a Sad Mac coming from one of those. Best bet would be to take it to a dealer and show it to him. The funny codes are something that someone somewhere must know (but not I) > Thank's for your help. Sure. Anytime -- Jason Gross Comp Sci Ugrad University of Miami Class of '91 (?) =========================================================================== He's tan, rested, | At the tone, leave your name, number, and message at: and ready: | gtww2z9z%gables.span@umigw.miami.edu NIXON IN '92! | lest I reach out of the screen and rip off your arm. =========================================================================== Disclaimer: The univeristy and I basically do not agree on anything. Ever.