Hi, I'm replying to you all in case others have this problem. 2 things about this one:-
1. The best thing is to take out the card you attached. Sometimes if you attach a card and there's a bad connection or it's otherwise corrupted (could be that you've blown it with static from your hands or something if you haven't properly earthed yourself), the mac just won't do anything. It looks like a total system crash. Remove the card and it might work perfectly again. Maybe all you need is to take the card back and get a correct one. 2. You need at least MacOS 8.6 to run USB stuff. You have to have that on your system at the start. You can buy Mac 8.5 then there is a free upgrade from that to 8.6- check what OS you're currently running. (Actually just spoke to Gair and it's not one of these things- it sounds a bit more like a major random conflict with a printer driver- these things happen occasionally with any machine, though less in my experience with Macs than with PCs...) There's a site called www.macfixit.com which is really good- this can tell you about any conflicts etc with mac, and you can search for specific conflicts. best, alan munro At 8:14 pm +0000 2/2/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >sorry to bother but does anyone have a startup disc for a Mac G3 Series >powerbook. that's the very early version, the one that weighs a ton with scsi >connection on the back? >It won't recognise a startup disc and Ai've tried a few versions. >it all went wrong when i put a usb card on it... god knows why. >anyway help please! >regards from gair ( i won't be getting emails regularly so please call on >0141554 8187 or 07973 777725... > >--------------------------------------------------- >This mail sent through http://www.easynetdial.co.uk >------------------------------------------------- >a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland >post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit >info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >and write "info ambit" in the message body >------------------------------------------------- -- _________________________________________________________________ dr alan j munro, dept of computer and information science, strathclyde university, livingstone tower, 26 richmond street, glasgow g1 1xh scotland uk mob. +44 7973 42 69 32 (please use first) off. +44 141 548 4525 fax. +44 141 552 5330 web. http://www.cs.strath.ac.uk/~alanm When did everybody start wearing baseball caps and when did we all suddenly think it was okay to spend $2.50 for a cup of coffee and $500 for a pair of eyeglasses? - Steven Guarniccia, Speck ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
