> Not having ram certainly will cause the chime. A while ago I took the
> ram out of my II just to see what would happen, and the same thing
> happened. No video appeared on my monitor either with the ram out. Just
> a note about the ram(which you probably already know), the IIx can only
> use special PAL type SIMMs when using ones larger than 1MB. Putting in
> one larger than 1MB without the PAL chip will make the computer not be
> able to start up. One exception to this is that 2MB simms will work
> without the PAL chip, but they will only be recognized as 1MB simms by
> the mac.
> 

     Ya, I was (painfully) aware (after buying it).  :)  I'm using 4 1MB,
parity SIMMs at the moment.  I believe that they should work, though they
will act as non-parity.  Correct?

                                                       Jaime