Hi all,
I know at some point I've seen some youtube video of a problem like this, so I thought I'd run this by you guys.
Last night I decided to turn on my Macintosh Plus. However, when I flipped the power switch, I heard the regular startup bong, but then a fizzling sound...like the sound something makes when you leave it too long in the stove. I half-expected smoke to come out; it was that kind of sound. But once the :?: icon appeared, however, the fizzling stopped, and the Plus worked just fine from there. At one point while playing around with floppy disks, I had to restart the computer by turning it off, then back on (not just the Restart command), and when I turned it back on there was no sign of the fizzling sound.
Is the sound just the CRT warming up in cold weather? Is this cause for concern?
-Apostrophe
I know at some point I've seen some youtube video of a problem like this, so I thought I'd run this by you guys.
Last night I decided to turn on my Macintosh Plus. However, when I flipped the power switch, I heard the regular startup bong, but then a fizzling sound...like the sound something makes when you leave it too long in the stove. I half-expected smoke to come out; it was that kind of sound. But once the :?: icon appeared, however, the fizzling stopped, and the Plus worked just fine from there. At one point while playing around with floppy disks, I had to restart the computer by turning it off, then back on (not just the Restart command), and when I turned it back on there was no sign of the fizzling sound.
Is the sound just the CRT warming up in cold weather? Is this cause for concern?
-Apostrophe