Both likely causes. I'll try installing OS9 and Panther with 256MB of ram, but i'll reseat it first. The RAM worked fine before I reinstalled the OS, so i'm assuming that the RAM is fine, but i'll run a memory checker once its all working again.
Many thanks, Greg On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 4:56 PM, 'Jpoliti' via G-Books < [email protected]> wrote: > Greg: > > You may have bad RAM or it may be getting a poor connection. Try reseating > the RAM chips first. If that doesn't do it, try swapping out the RAM. > > Hope that helps. > Jon. > > > On Monday, September 29, 2014 2:17:46 AM UTC-4, Gregory Allen wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> I've probably been a bit daft these past few days... >> >> I've been upgrading and refreshing the lombard recently, I've added >> raised the ram to 512MB, replaced the hinge and I was going to add a cf >> card to replace the hard drive, however I cant get it to install any OS >> anymore. I've tried to install OS9 and Panther 10.3, but it locks up in the >> first few minutes of installation. Anyone who can shed some light on this >> would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Greg >> > -- > -- > 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 subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "G-Books" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/g-books/OGSahygTH28/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- *Greg Allen* Apprentice IT Support PC Upgrades, Customisation and Advice Farm Worker *Available for hire* -- -- 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 subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Books" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
