The B&W G3 shipped with it's own version of OS 8.5. I doubt the retail version would ever boot that machine. The retail 9.1 should work, just fine. And, it fact, it does start the boot process. It's not likely a problem with the CD-ROM drive is you can any boot activity from the 9.1 disk.
I would suspect the video card as the problem. It may never boot with that card, but you might try a CUDA reset to persuade that board to recognize a different video card. And, if you've not removed the PRAM battery, I would do so and check the voltage. On Saturday, August 31, 2002, at 08:03 AM, Terry Mathews wrote: > I'm putting together a computer with a B&W G3 motherboard I got from > somebody cheap. After scavenging the G3 and video out of my 9500 and > using > some PC100 RAM I had laying around, the machine will power up, but I > can't > get an OS to load. > > Are there any tricks to get the machine to boot off of CD. On my OS > 8.5 CD, > it will read forever and not give me a Happy Mac. On my 9.1 CD, it > will read > the CD some, pop up the Happy Mac, then hang solid. Have to manually > reset > after that. > > I have a feeling it doesn't like the IDE CDROM it's using. Any ideas? -- 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>
