The 751 will still power up without a ram unit in it. You just can't do
anything with it, strange stuff on the display etc.

--
Clif Holland, KA5IPF
AVVid
Authorized Kenwood and Icom Service Center
816 W Shady Grove Rd
Irving, TX 75060

www.avvid.com

1-800-214-5779
972-870-0630 (local)


"Curtis Eickerman" wrote in message
...
Burt wrote:

ICOM-751 dead, help

I was using my radio just fine, than I unplugged it and moved it a few
feet
and now it is almost dead. I can hear a relay engage when I first turn
it on
and fall off about 10 seconds after I turn it off.
What happened?


If it has never been replaced it is possible that what happened is that
you had
a battery failure in the RAM board. There is a resonable chance that
unplugging
the radio and moving it was just the last straw for the old battery. This
will
leave you with a very dead radio.

See the following for details....

http://www.willcoele.com/
http://home1.gte.net/rhashiro/am-rad...m-ramboard.htm

Also it is possible to change the battery and reprogram your own board but
it
may be a little involved....

http://www.geocities.com/emailsrikan...omram/RAM.html

I think you can still send them back to Icom for battery installation and
reprogramming as well.

I would suggest a Google search for - Icom 751 memory board - there is a
lot of
information out there.

Curtis