Reviving an old thread, but I started it, so I think it's fair. ;)
I finally got in the mood to tear my 2400c back apart with ALL of my
spare parts here. BOTH newer G3 240 cards work if I use a PowerBook
G3's yoyo power adapter. Neither one works with the 2400's stock
adapter. So, the little guys just want more juice. Yay!
Bad news though. I left the powerbook plugged in while I was
connecting the display to test the processor (wanted to make sure it
finished booting, as I have a quiet drive). I connected the left
cable from the display, and accidently shorted the power pins,
booting the machine. Turned it off, connected the 2nd plug, booted,
red tinted video (booo). I have another display, so I swapped to
make sure I didn't just tear the cable, same thing. Visual
inspection of the plugs shows nothing in the way and no screwed up
wires.
Zapped nvram and pram - no luck
Connected external VGA display - looks fine, LCD is turned off, of
course.
Anyone run into this before? I'm going to check fuses and such
tomorrow, and if all else fails, I DO have another logic board I can
put in there, just not in the mood to do it tonight.
Plus, my G3s work. Minus, I cooked something else. Of all the
stupid luck...
On another note, what do any Newer G3 upgrade users recommend to keep
an eye on temps, and what are good/bad temps for it?
--
Chuck Kenney
FreeFall Software
http://www.freefallsoftware.com
On Mar 17, 2005, at 8:17 PM, Tom and Lisa P wrote:
I emailed the list about it a month or so ago, and you gave me some
suggestions. Most of my spare parts, as well as my extra power
adapters,
are halfway across the country, and I won't have access to it all
until
August.
Basically, I have two 240Mhz G3s, both GLOD in my powerbook, but
the factory
processor works fine. I have an extra motherboard, power board,
and A/C
adapter to work with, but not here.
Until you get your parts, its hard to tell. Even if you cant get
the CPUs going, it might be one of the SMT parts on the CPU. If I
recall correctly, you already inspected the boards for obvious flaws ?
thanks,
Mad Dog
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