Please help me out guys!
I know I'm not Canadian - BUT, I have really grown attached to the Mac Quadra I got at a resale shop and I'll admit it.
I'm not a Mac guru as of yet like I am with Windows, DOS, older oddballs, etc.
The Quadra 660AV I got for about 15 dollars including a keyboard and mouse and I took it home and hooked it up to my TV and I had to turn it on and off about two or three times to get video (I heard the hard drive spin up and all the normal Mac sounds) and I determined that I needed to replace the PRAM battery as the AV series evidently have some issues with their video when the battery is low. The battery checked out at 1.8v. Very low. System clock said it was 1953 or something of the like.
I went to Radioshack. Got a battery. Came home. Pulled the old one out and placed the new one in it's stead. Booted the Mac back up and now all I get is the floppy disk icon with a flashing question mark. That means it can't find a valid OS. It worked before and had System 7.5.3 to be exact. Do I need a disk with a new OS or do I need to have my nose rubbed in something? I zapped the PRAM as well to no avail. It will boot with a network access disk but I can't get anything else.
Help!
I know I'm not Canadian - BUT, I have really grown attached to the Mac Quadra I got at a resale shop and I'll admit it.
I'm not a Mac guru as of yet like I am with Windows, DOS, older oddballs, etc.
The Quadra 660AV I got for about 15 dollars including a keyboard and mouse and I took it home and hooked it up to my TV and I had to turn it on and off about two or three times to get video (I heard the hard drive spin up and all the normal Mac sounds) and I determined that I needed to replace the PRAM battery as the AV series evidently have some issues with their video when the battery is low. The battery checked out at 1.8v. Very low. System clock said it was 1953 or something of the like.
I went to Radioshack. Got a battery. Came home. Pulled the old one out and placed the new one in it's stead. Booted the Mac back up and now all I get is the floppy disk icon with a flashing question mark. That means it can't find a valid OS. It worked before and had System 7.5.3 to be exact. Do I need a disk with a new OS or do I need to have my nose rubbed in something? I zapped the PRAM as well to no avail. It will boot with a network access disk but I can't get anything else.
Help!