I just bought a cheap color classic that, according to the last owner, simply stopped working one day. I figured it must be the PRAM battery, but that wasn't the case (replaced with a working battery). I've used the power switch and key to turn it on, nothing. I tried to short the ADB plug to force it on, still nothing. When I pull out the motherboard and flip the power switch in the back nothing happens. I thought I heard the speaker pop when I flipped it on once, but it might have been my imagination. Please help! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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You seem to have covered most possibilities.
One last ditch attempt would be to disconnect floppy and hard drives and see if the CC will start. Unlikely, but worth a whirl.
Stuart
Thanks for the advice. I unplugged the floppy and hard drives to see what would happen. No immediate reaction, but I'll let it sit in the on position for a night or two to see what happens.
Letting it sit for a few days will do nothing. Remove the logic board, clean it up and inspect it to see if there is any leakage, etc. Maybe get a Mystix board and hope to get it to work??? It's worth the effort as the boards are cheap $15 or so check ebay.
While your advice is good, I have to disagree on this point- I've seen computers magically dispell mysterious gremlins just by sitting on a desk for a period of time. Nothing to bank on, but it does happen once in a while
Would not start, would not chime, would not sputter even if I bribed it to. I set it on my workbench to work on it later, then ignored it for a week.
Today, I got around to work on it, and it magically sprang to life. Go figure!