as some of yous know i have been building a nice a1200 ..got a few nice bits external ssci harddrive/usb/dvd/flicker fixer ..etc prob the best 1200 i ever had ..but hiding in my cupboard is a 040 apollo card which worked fine for ages an a ppc 040/blizzard card ..neither will boot ..though i am persistant an tried out on a couple 1200 boards ..when i use a a500 power supply i get the machine to power up but black screen ..harddrive doesnt boot but power light stays on an i can feel the 040 on the apollo gets way hot fan running etc ..an on ppc both cpus get hot ..so i dont think they are 100% dead ..i was swapping ram around at one stage an wonder if i have the right ram for the cards ..tried the ram in other cards ..a 020 accel an it boots ..but these are 8 meg ram ...any ideas ?? ..the apollo was a nice card though 040/25 didnt feel much faster than a 030 ..but the blizzard would be mad to have working again ..an i dont have the heart to toss it ..just in case ..i also wondered if certain boards are not compatible with the ppc boards ?? ..comments ideas ..welcome..
