On Wednesday, July 18, 2012 12:16:01 AM UTC+1, MacDonald wrote: > > Hi I am a new Pismo owner I got a Powerbook G3 Pismo 400 with 128MB of > RAM and a 40GB HD on e-bay and it was advertised as working. When I > got it home it would chime when I pressed the power button, which > indicates that it passed POST, but nothing else happens. The screen > doesn't turn on, I hear the HD spin up and then idle, the battery > charges, and the caps lock lights up when I depress it. I have only > been able to get it to start into Mac OS 10.4 twice and when it did it > would run just fine until I restarted or turned it off. > I have unplugged the PRAM battery, reset it with the main battery out, > reset it on battery power but not plugged in, pressed the reset > button, started it holding down Command Option PR, and took out and > pushed back in the CPU Daughter card all with the same results. Any > one else have this problem or could otherwise help me on this?
Have you tried re-seating the RAM? It could be a long shot, but I remember that my Intel iMac was particularly finicky with the seating of the DIMMs - it would do exactly that, chime and show nothing at all on the screen! (and re-seating the memory often helped...) MM -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
