Hi Brian, Did you replace the clock battery? Iıve got 2 of these Beige G3ıs. One Iıve just pronounced dead, but it had similar problems.
These machines start doing some funky stuff when the battery is weak. Iıd also hit the cuda reset button. If you donıt know what this it, itıs a little silver button located on the edge of the board next to the outside PCI slot. You should pull the power plug, have a good battery in place, hit the cuda reset for 3 to 5 seconds with the end of a pencil, wait 10 seconds and then plug in the power cord. After that you should reset the pram as soon as possible too. Iıve heard that if you donıt reset the pram, the board will drain your battery in a few hours. Donıt really know if this applies to a G3, I read it in regards to G4 towers. Good luck. Geno On 7/15/04 7:11 PM, "Brian Futrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I picked up a G3 DT 266 at the local thrift store a few weeks ago. It > had 128MB RAM, a 2GB hard disk (with 9.1 and 10.1 on it!), 24x CD-ROM, > and the A/V card. > > I've tried upgrading to larger hard drives and installing MacOS 9 on > it. Sometimes it installed, sometimes it couldn't find the hard disk. > I then tried to start Jaguar from CD. The grey screen with the Apple > on it appears, the, the animation starts at the bottom of the screen. > After a few seconds, the video becomes garbled, and the machine locked > up. > > After this, the 128MB DIMM tested bad on a memory tester (hardware, not > software), and I tried it with a 256MB DIMM. Same results. > > Any suggestions? > > > Brian Futrell > -- > Sharkey: G3 AIO/266/320MB/40GB/Zip100/10.2.8 > Minty: Beige G3-ATX 266 (oc 300) > 256MB/10GB,4GB,9GB/Zip100/16x10x40/10.2.8 > Goliath: 8600/200 128MB/2.1, 9.1GB/Zip100/9.1-P166/40MB > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
