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Subject: Re: G3 BW powers up, but no sound and no video
Date:Donnerstag 07 Januar 2010N
From:Kasey Smith kasm...@gmail.com
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
On Jan 6, 2010, at 5:49 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote:
Is it possible that the Option key
It'll run Tiger just fine with the G3 350 mhz CPU in it. I'm running
10.4.11 on a 300 mhz iBook Clamshell with just 576 megs of ram
(maxed). I can't say it's a speed demon, but it runs surprisingly
well. I would recommend a minimum of 512 megs of ram for Tiger - 1024
megs even better!
Scott
At 12:29 AM +0100 1/7/2010, Mac User #330250 wrote:
Thanks to all for the great help. It is good to know that people out there
still care for old but great pieces of hardware.
Like the old Mac IIci, the Power Mac G3 BW, aka SmurfTower, is a
wonderful work-horse. Great as both a desktop and
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Subject: Re: G3 BW powers up, but no sound and no video
Date:Donnerstag 07 Januar 2010N
From:Kasey Smith kasm...@gmail.com
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
On Jan 6, 2010, at 6:49 PM, Paul Stamsen wrote:
I run 10.4.11 on mine, but it's been
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Subject: Re: G3 BW powers up, but no sound and no video
Date:Donnerstag 07 Januar 2010N
From:Mac User #330250 macuser330...@gmx.net
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Tiger startup is lng. Once up and running, it is quite usable. At least
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Subject: Re: G3 BW powers up, but no sound and no video
Date:Dienstag 05 Januar 2010N
From:Kasey Smith kasm...@gmail.com
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
On Jan 5, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote:
The hard disk is the original (!)
On Jan 6, 2010, at 3:16 AM, Mac User #330250 wrote:
No success. I removed the PRAM battery, did hold the button for a
while,
released it and powered on without the battery.
Since this didn't make it work I decided to press the button right
after
powering on. When holding the button and
At 9:23 PM +0100 1/5/2010, Mac User #330250 wrote:
G3 Blue and White
[snip]
I then powered it on and got two symptoms:
(1) I cannot hear a startup chime,
(2) nor do I get video output.
[snip]
What you've done so far is about right.
No video flicker at all?
Have you zapped the pram?
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Subject: Re: G3 BW powers up, but no sound and no video
Date:Mittwoch 06 Januar 2010N
From:Dan dantear...@gmail.com
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At 9:23 PM +0100 1/5/2010, Mac User #330250 wrote:
G3 Blue and White
[snip]
I then powered
--- On Wed, 1/6/10, Mac User #330250 macuser330...@gmx.net wrote:
Try putting the video card in a different slot.
The slot for the video card is somehow different than the other PCI slots. I
don't really understand it, but I'm confident further internet research will
help to clarify this
add this to your list of stupid relies if it doesn't help but I had a
problem where there was no start up chime and it turns out that the volume
was turned off after I got it running. You could boot it up and use the
keyboard to push the volume up to see if that's it. Please reseat your
video
OH! Try turning the thing on with no PRAM battery! That should tell
you if its a bad battery!
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Subject: Re: G3 BW powers up, but no sound and no video
Date:Mittwoch 06 Januar 2010N
From:Al boone elbert...@gmail.com
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add this to your list of stupid relies if it doesn't help but I had a
problem where there
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Subject: Re: G3 BW powers up, but no sound and no video
Date:Mittwoch 06 Januar 2010N
From:Dan dantear...@gmail.com
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
No video flicker at all?
Still none.
Have you zapped the pram?
A thousand times now... well,
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Subject: Re: G3 BW powers up, but no sound and no video
Date:Donnerstag 07 Januar 2010N
From:Kasey Smith kasm...@gmail.com
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
OH! Try turning the thing on with no PRAM battery! That should tell
you if its a bad
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Subject: Re: G3 BW powers up, but no sound and no video
Date:Donnerstag 07 Januar 2010N
From:Mac User #330250 macuser330...@gmx.net
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But since I don't know what it has been through -- maybe someone dropped it
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Subject: Re: G3 BW powers up, but no sound and no video
Date:Donnerstag 07 Januar 2010N
From:Mac User #330250 macuser330...@gmx.net
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Trying to set the startup volume to Mac OS X 10.3.9 again breaks the
initial
On Jan 6, 2010, at 5:49 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote:
Is it possible that the Option key doesn't work on the G3 BW? On
the G4s this
key lets you select which OS you want to boot...
Nope, it does not work on the G3 PowerMacs. Try the startup Disk
control panel btw ;)
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Previously, at 2:07 am +0100 1/7/10, Mac User #330250 wrote:
I can boot Mac OS X via OpenFirmware (after pressing Cmd-Opt-O-F):
boot hd:12,\\:tbxi
I cannot believe it, but Mac OS X 10.3.9 works too on this G3 BW.
I run 10.4.11 on mine, but it's been upgraded to a G4 and has 1 GB of Ram.
p
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On Jan 6, 2010, at 6:49 PM, Paul Stamsen wrote:
I run 10.4.11 on mine, but it's been upgraded to a G4 and has 1 GB
of Ram.
p
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A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at
last. -- Edward
ulwer-Lytton
Me too, except for the G4 CPU, mine still has its G3/400MHz and
Previously, at 6:52 pm -0700 1/6/10, Kasey Smith wrote:
Me too, except for the G4 CPU, mine still has its G3/400MHz and runs faster
then my mom's 2.6GHz Dell running winXP ;)
Spoken like a true Mac-Head! ;-) :-}
P.
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unplugging the machine, opening it, removing the PRAM battery, press
and hold the button nearest the battery (the one not labeled :POWER:)
This got my G3 BW running just fine. Mine is a 400MHz rev.2 btw...
No success. I removed the PRAM battery, did hold the button for a while,
released it
On Jan 5, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote:
The hard disk is the original (!) Quantum Firebird EX 12 GB from
1998/99. For
it's more than ten years it still works amazingly well. I made an
image of its
contents using an external USB drive enclosure just to be on the
safe side.
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