12 Dec
2017
12 Dec
'17
3:29 a.m.
I have a pair of beige G3, checklist:
- PULL the battery. if it is drained, it sometimes won't boot. Sometimes
even won't power on!
- Take care with the plastics, they're brittle
- The CD **ON THE POWERMAC G3** can be of any brand to boot (most macs
need an Apple branded CD!). So if you won't boot, probably the cd-romd
river is gone. Change it for any working IDE drive.
- Use MacOS 9.
Anything else?
Em 11/12/2017 23:04, devin davison via cctalk escreveu:
Battery does not appear to ahve leaked but is planned
to be replaced.
I was unaware of having to press a key to boot to cd. Ill give it a
go.
Thanks for the quick response.
--Devin
On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 6:54 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 12/11/2017 03:35 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk
wrote:
.
Going from memory you need to press ?C? to boot
from CD and you might also need to replace the PRAM battery.
I'll second the bit about the PRAM battery. I've got one of these
beige G3 boxes and can affirm that a failing PRAM battery can create all
sorts of strange havoc, including not powering on at all.
Note that said battery is 3.6V, so a CR2032 won't do it.
--Chuck