Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!gatech!bloom-beacon!athena.mit.edu!captkidd From: captkidd@athena.mit.edu (Ivan M Cavero) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Whats wrong with my IIe Keywords: Won't boot Message-ID: <6715@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Date: 17 Aug 88 19:44:48 GMT References: <8492@drutx.ATT.COM> Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Reply-To: captkidd@athena.mit.edu (Ivan M Cavero) Distribution: comp.sys.apple Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lines: 34 In article <8492@drutx.ATT.COM> kmeis@drutx.ATT.COM (Kevin J. Meis) writes: >My Apple IIe refuses to work properly. When I turn it on the entire screen >turns white, then changes to black and finally I get a message that says >Kernel OK. > >It then locks up. Resetting turns the speaker on and the sequence repeats. > >Pointers to the problem and what I can do to fix it would be much appreciated. > >I have some hardware backgroud. > >Thanks in advance! >Kevin Meis >att!drutx!kmeis That really doesn't sound like a major hardware problem. The Apple II does an automatic RESET upon powerup. However, if you press RESET while holding the solid apple key down, you invoke the selftest routine, which works as you describe. Either something's pressing down on your joystick buttons (which are the same as the apple keys), your buttons are locked on (that happens a lot with old joysticks when the buttons die), or your keyboard is messed up. The first two sound a lot more likely to me. Ivan [This line to fool Pnews] [This line to fool Pnews] [This line to fool Pnews] [This line to fool Pnews] [This line to fool Pnews] [This line to fool Pnews] [This line to fool Pnews] [This line to fool Pnews]