Re: iMac G3 airport troubles
That's very strange... It almost sounds like perhaps the antenna being unshielded is causing it to not boot? I think your best bet is to go ahead and zap the PRAM and see how it goes after that. You can zap the pram on any Mac, since they still use the parameter RAM; it's very helpful when having strange hardware conflicts. :) -Elliott Price Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara Graphic Design - Artwork Setup Websites - Low Cost Custom Websites On Oct 20, 2009, at 8:36 PM, Wolfman wrote: Hi Elliott, It did boot up fine with the Airport card installed without the antenna connected. I did try booting the iMac several times with the antenna connected but nothing but the chime sound and no video. Another funny thing was that the iMac did not boot until I put the plastic piece back on the end of the antenna connection after removing the Airport card. I will try the zapping the PRAM. I did not know this still was something you can do. I remember doing that with the older compact Macs. Thanks. Steve On Oct 19, 11:15 pm, Elliott Price callmemrp...@gmail.com wrote: That's very strange; You'll probably have to do some more diagnosing. Does it still boot with the AirPort installed, but without the antenna disconnected? Did it only not boot once? You might try it a few times if it doesn't. One thing about those connectors, make sure they're in ALL the way, push them a little harder then you'd think you have to. I've had the trouble with accidentally only plugging them in half of the way. You might try hooking it all in, then zapping the PRAM. (Hold Opt+Apple+R+P at startup, wait for 4 chimes) Sometimes this helps with new hardware problems. -Elliott Price Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara Graphic Design - Artwork Setup Websites - Low Cost Custom Websites On Oct 19, 2009, at 8:47 PM, Wolfman wrote: I have a slot load iMac G3 450MHz. I wanted to install an airport card and as all of you know I needed an adapter card. I put the airport card in the adapter and plugged the card in. The iMac recognized the airport card but I could not access the internet without using an ethernet connection to my airport base station. I then wondered if there is supposed to be an antenna connected to the airport card so I opened the iMac up again to access the card. After finding and connecting the buildt in antenna, the iMac would not boot up. The iMac chimed but the screen remained blank. I removed the airport card and adapter and the iMac booted up normally. Any idea what is going on? Thanks. Steve --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: iMac G3 airport troubles
On Oct 20, 2009, at 8:36 PM, Wolfman wrote: Hi Elliott, It did boot up fine with the Airport card installed without the antenna connected. I did try booting the iMac several times with the antenna connected but nothing but the chime sound and no video. Another funny thing was that the iMac did not boot until I put the plastic piece back on the end of the antenna connection after removing the Airport card. I will try the zapping the PRAM. I did not know this still was something you can do. I remember doing that with the older compact Macs. Thanks. Steve This is odd, I wonder if there's a short in the antenna somewhere, or there's a short in the Airport card or the adapter related to the antenna somehow. I don't suppose you have another Airport-compatible Mac around to test the AIrport card? -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
iMac G3 airport troubles
I have a slot load iMac G3 450MHz. I wanted to install an airport card and as all of you know I needed an adapter card. I put the airport card in the adapter and plugged the card in. The iMac recognized the airport card but I could not access the internet without using an ethernet connection to my airport base station. I then wondered if there is supposed to be an antenna connected to the airport card so I opened the iMac up again to access the card. After finding and connecting the buildt in antenna, the iMac would not boot up. The iMac chimed but the screen remained blank. I removed the airport card and adapter and the iMac booted up normally. Any idea what is going on? Thanks. Steve --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: iMac G3 airport troubles
That's very strange; You'll probably have to do some more diagnosing. Does it still boot with the AirPort installed, but without the antenna disconnected? Did it only not boot once? You might try it a few times if it doesn't. One thing about those connectors, make sure they're in ALL the way, push them a little harder then you'd think you have to. I've had the trouble with accidentally only plugging them in half of the way. You might try hooking it all in, then zapping the PRAM. (Hold Opt+Apple+R+P at startup, wait for 4 chimes) Sometimes this helps with new hardware problems. -Elliott Price Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara Graphic Design - Artwork Setup Websites - Low Cost Custom Websites On Oct 19, 2009, at 8:47 PM, Wolfman wrote: I have a slot load iMac G3 450MHz. I wanted to install an airport card and as all of you know I needed an adapter card. I put the airport card in the adapter and plugged the card in. The iMac recognized the airport card but I could not access the internet without using an ethernet connection to my airport base station. I then wondered if there is supposed to be an antenna connected to the airport card so I opened the iMac up again to access the card. After finding and connecting the buildt in antenna, the iMac would not boot up. The iMac chimed but the screen remained blank. I removed the airport card and adapter and the iMac booted up normally. Any idea what is going on? Thanks. Steve --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
