[rescue] Dead Ultra 2?

[Jonathan J. M. Katz]

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Caleb Cupples <cscupples at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can hear one of the cooling fans trying to start for a fraction of a
> second, whenever I press the power switch, but other than that,
> nothing. So, the question is... How broken is the machine, and how
> much will it take to revive it?


Sounds like a short of some kind. Try pulling all the RAM, CPUs and see if
it powers on? If not that, then pull the cables for the SCSI bus from the
motherboard-- there could be a short in the ribbon cable.