I'm just about to do that, thanks! It's still being pretty picky...I inserted the modem card that had been in its slot before the big take-apart, and it promptly froze. I had to then go through some more (brief this time) contortions with the reset button and power button to get it to boot again.
Also, this makes me sad -- every reboot since that first one, at a certain point after the happy Mac but before the inits are loaded, I get the message, "The built-in memory test has detected a problem with cache memory. Please contact a service technician for assistance." It continues to boot and stuff, but, that's a worrisome message. Is the cache part of the G3 upgrade card? -- MB On 10/20/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'd be sure to zap the pram now that it booted. Just sayin'... - kyleen Sent from my BlackBerry(r) wireless handheld -----Original Message----- From: "Marion Bates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:15:41 To:[email protected] Subject: [DuoList] found a 2400c w/ G3 upgrade -- it has issues Hi, I've been combing the list archives and trying things suggested there -- you folks are a heck of a good resource. :) But my machine's behaving in a way that doesn't seem to _exactly_ match what I've seen so far, so, here's its story: .... OMG while I was typing this, it finally booted up! Wow. (Still gonna post this in case anyone else finds it helpful.) It came with two batteries and no power adapter, so I used one from a PB G3 (skinny black brick style, not yo-yo style, but I dunno if that matters). I couldn't get it to boot up (been trying all day), but I was getting a sort of "mixture" of the GLOD and the click -- sometimes there'd also be a sort of truncated startup chime, as though it didn't have quite enough power to sustain the echoey end of the chime. Weird. I repeatedly tried various combinations of reset button with and without power adapter/battery, with and without holding down the button for 1 minute or more, etc. but the result was always that I'd get a temporary green light and/or a small speaker click and/or truncated chime, but never anything more. I took the whole thing apart, hoping that reseating everything (it has a NuPowr upgrade and extra RAM) would help. But nothing changed. Just now, I idly hit the power button, heard the click and truncated chime, I shrugged and resumed typing this message...and suddenly it came to life, and seems to be working perfectly! :) :) :) Dunno why...all I can say to someone else with a sickly machine is, don't give up! This PMU thing is completely nondeterministic. Thanks for all your past posts, they sure help me revive this thing! -- MB _______________________________________________ DuoList mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/duolist Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 _______________________________________________ DuoList mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/duolist Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984
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