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
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
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
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
