I am working in my G3 and all of a sudden I lose video. This has been happening for months. Sometimes I can press the power button + return to shut it down. Sometimes the mac wont respond. And sometimes it ignores the three finger salute.
I first noticed this when I upgraded my G3 to OS 10.2.8 Before I did that specific upgrade, it would never do that. I downgraded to 10.2.6 and it stopped. What's funny about this is that I used to have the Apple 15" Trinitron monitor for it then. Now I got a 17" NEC PC monitor, same problem, so Iknow its not the monitor. I was obligated to upgrade to 10.2.8 eventually again, because anything older makes Limewire unexpectedly quit. Now Limewire doesn't quit but I get these crashes. I've gotten to the conclusion that Limewire is not causing this because it has happened at least twice when the mac is starting up and/or when Limewire wasn't running. I doubt that its the display card because 89% of the time, the mac crashes This is weird, after all this time, its starting to bug me, could it be that the power supply can't handle my setup? BTW I do believe the battery is dead, Iam running synch time in OS X, time is screwed up in OS 9.2, oh this does not happen AT ALL when I restart in OS 9.2 MY SYSTEM SPECS: G3 333 Beige, 42gig full high SCSI 68 pin ID:2 (with four volumes, two with 9.2, one with 8.1), 9gig 1" SCSI 68 pin ID:0 (running OSX), Dead PRAM Battery, OS 10.2.8, One adaptec PCI SCSI card (where both harddrives sit), one USB card, one PC monitor card, 256MB ram, one IDE 100 Zip drive, one CD Burner (I recently acquired to replace bad one), NO FLOPPY DRIVE (I removed to install full height HD) full height drive has been here for about 10 months, longer than the crash ocurrence, System Profiler reports a PCI "video" card in F1, with 6MB memory, is that the one it came with? I see only 3 PCI slots, all full THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!! Lili -- 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
