Hi Brian, did you ever get your G3 up and running. After my last suggestion I started thinking about my G3 that I had pronounced dead. It had a similar problems to yours.
So today I pulled out all the cards connected to the mobo and blew out any dust. When I pulled the personality card (held in by 3 screws) it came out kind of too easy. And when I replaced it, it really snapped into the slot. I seems it was lose although by all appearances it looked properly seated. I think over the years Iıve pulled every card except this one. Put it back together, got a happy face. Did a cuda reset, zapped the pram. Someone posted 10 chimes for the pram zap, Iıve always done 7 but added 4 more for good measure. So far (4 hours now) itıs been booting without a problem. So if you havenıt already, check your A/V board. Also bad ram will stop a G3 from booting. If you have a working computer (preferably another G3) pull some memory from it and use only that memory in the problem machine. Good luck! Geno On 7/27/04 11:14 PM, "MacGuy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Brian, > > You said you replaced the hard drive. Did you take the old one out and add a > new ATA/IDE drive as a master? Did you double check that the jumpers are set > right. > > The reason I ask is, Iıve made the mistake before when swapping drives in > and out and forgetting to reset a jumper and then have my computer just sit > there. > > If the board is rev 1, it wonıt allow you to use a master and slave drive > configuration. There are 2 IDE slots on the mb, so if you want to run 2 > drives you need 2 separate cables and both drives must be set to master. > > If it is a revision 2 or 3 board then Iım fairly sure you can have a > master/slave on the same cable. But you canıt really tell until you can get > the computer to boot. One of mine actually had a little sticker inside the > case (near the power supply) that states Rev 1. > > And what was that about the memory? You tested both and they are bad? If you > have a bad memory module in these machines they will usually start to boot > and then youıll hear a sound like breaking glass and then nothing. > > I would also yank out all the memory and install just one module that you > know is good. > > Good luck. > > Geno > > > > > > On 7/27/04 6:53 PM, "Brian Futrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I replaced with clock battery with a new one this morning (2003 >> manufacture date). Now it doesn't power up at all. I've tried the Mac >> power supply, then hanged the jumper to PS/2 and tried an ATX power >> supply. The ATX power supply did power up, but that was about it. >> >> I did press the CUDA button as well. After it didn't work, I removed >> the battery to prevent drainage. >> >> Any other suggestions? >> >> Brian >> >> On Friday, July 16, 2004, at 12:13 AM, MacGuy wrote: >> >>> 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. 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