The FIRST thing I would do is get a good strong flashlight (like a white LED unit with fresh batteries) and shine it at the screen when you try to boot the machine.
What you are looking for is to see if the display is actually showing the OS X screens but the backlight is off. Holding the flashlight at an angle to the screen sometimes makes it easier. On some of the old black G3 Powerbooks, the display would default to zero brightness when OS X boots (whereas it would be fine on OS 9). Playing with the keyboard brightness keys can sometimes wake it up, but the backlight for the display may also be dead. If you can see the normal OS X screens in the display with the help of the flashlight, then you know the rest of the machine is OK and booting normally. --- On Tue, 7/17/12, MacDonald <[email protected]> wrote: > From: MacDonald <[email protected]> > Subject: Powerbook G3 Pismo chimes but does not boot. > To: "G-Books" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 6:16 PM > Hi I am a new Pismo owner I got a > Powerbook G3 Pismo 400 with 128MB of > RAM and a 40GB HD on e-bay and it was advertised as working. > When I > got it home it would chime when I pressed the power button, > which > indicates that it passed POST, but nothing else happens. The > screen > doesn't turn on, I hear the HD spin up and then idle, the > battery > charges, and the caps lock lights up when I depress it. I > have only > been able to get it to start into Mac OS 10.4 twice and when > it did it > would run just fine until I restarted or turned it off. > I have unplugged the PRAM battery, reset it with the main > battery out, > reset it on battery power but not plugged in, pressed the > reset > button, started it holding down Command Option PR, and took > out and > pushed back in the CPU Daughter card all with the same > results. Any > one else have this problem or could otherwise help me on > this? > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of > G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks > (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
