okay well I tried that, isn't it supposed to make some beeps when it's sucessful? Mine doesn't make any noise. At all. I just tried removing all but one stick of 128 meg ram, removed the only pci card i had in it (an adaptec usb 2.0 card) and still nothing. any more ideas?
From: "whervey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Damon Blythe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 6:06 PM Subject: RE: more questions on OS X G3 Beige install > Try zapping your PRAM by hitting apple+control+P+R at bootup... > >===== Original Message From Damon Blythe > >I just finished assembling my beige g3 mt. I installed a new maxter 20gb > >diamond max plus ide drive in it. as well as a lg 16x10x40 cdrw. I have both > >drives on seperate ide channels. they are both set to master. They are both > >on the master port on the ide cables. both cables are brand new. The drive > >is completely empty, only a slight low level formating. The box indicated > >that the hard drive is mac compatable. I put the cd disc 1 into the cd > >drive, reboot the machine (push the lit green button on the front of the mac > >until it powers down and then push it again to boot up) and hold down "c" > >(the caps key is "up") and I get a white screen with what looks like a tiny > >solid (not blinking) underline at the far upper left hand corner of the > >screen. 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:" 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 Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
