on 13/11/03 17:50, Acting Fire Chief at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I powered up and the usual login screen appeared. I tried to move the > cursor, >> but it wouldn't move, so I CTRL+Option+Power buttoned the MAC... Force >> restart .. The blue OS X screen appeared and so did the rotating Icon, but >> it stopped. It locked up. I tried to force reboot again, but this time >> nothing. I pressed the CAPS LOCK KEY and it lighted up. Same for the >> NUMBERS LOCK KEY. I unplugged the AC, removed the battery from the left bay >> it and tried again. No MAC power up sound and just a black screen. >> >> SO ... I unplugged it, removed the bay battery and removed the keyboard. I >> took out the HDD. I disconnected the HDD from the carriage all and >> reconnected and tried again. No Luck. >> >> SO... I replaced the HDD, a 30 GIG with the original 6 GIG running OS 9.1. >> Success. It powered up, but it crashed. >> >> I powered up again and reset the PRAM. Rebooting 4 times. >> >> It powered up, but locked up again. I rebooted, but this time, no screen, >> just black. >> >> Lombard G3 400 320MB Ram (256 and a 64) >> >> I just tried again after leaving it turned off for about 15 mins. >> >> First Aid ran. The DONE button appeared, but it crashed. >> >> That was yesterday. >> >> Twenty four hours later ... It powered up and was working until I inserted >> an expansion bay HDD (VST), it crashed and would not reboot. >> >> I was told that PRAM Battery was the culprit. However when it did reboot >> the clock and the date were correct. >> >> On my PM 7600/G3 I have to reset the clock every time I boot up because I >> keep the power off as I hardly use this computer. That's the PRAM Battery >> that is causing the clock to fail, right? But still the computer works well >> and I can boot up. (Knock on wood). >> >> What do you think? >
That sounds like a bad seated processor daughtercard or a loose RAM chip. Did you try to re-seat those? -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] code police n.: [by analogy with George Orwell's `thought police'] A mythical team of Gestapo-like storm troopers that might burst into one's office and arrest one for violating programming style rules. May be used either seriously, to underline a claim that a particular style violation is dangerous, or ironically, to suggest that the practice under discussion is condemned mainly by anal-retentive weenies. "Dike out that goto or the code police will get you!" The ironic usage is perhaps more common. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
