On Monday, May 6, 2002, at 07:02 PM, Hamlin Krewson wrote:
> From: Hamlin Krewson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon May 06, 2002 07:02:24 PM US/Eastern > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (G-List) > Subject: Re: g3 motherboard, part two > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (G-List) > > On 5/6/02 5:09 PM, "gregg hillmar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> OK, part two of solving the mystery of what the cat did to my g3 >> motherboard... >> >> For you technicians in the audience- Would shorting a motherboard cause >> the power supply to not supply power to the internal hard drive, or any >> other drive in the g3? Yes. It would. I would suggest looking at the PCI SLOT itself. There is the possibility that the connector is also broken and has pins that are shorted. A shorted PCI bus will prevent a computer from booting up and will also prevent voltage regulators from allowing the Power supply from being able to power up. This is assuming that you have already removed the broken card. Also look for any metal debris on the Mobo itself. >> For those of you who missed the story, my cat jumped onto an opened >> beige G3 that I am rebuilding to donate to Big brothers/big sisters. >> SNAP went the PCI internet10/100 card. NO MORE WORK said the >> motherboard. >> >> Unless it is the power supply... >> >> how do you tell? >> Did the cat die ? >> thanks! >> gregg >> > > If you have an standard PC (ATX) powersupply, you can try using that. > You > will have to change a jumper setting (located in the back left-hand > corner > at the end of the last pci slot). ...................<snip> Since you are also in the close proximity to where the broken card was looking at the jumper settings , also look first to see if possibly the jumper may have come off or is shorted in the wrong setting for the power supply that you have in there now. Who knows ? Andy3 -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
