(that was supposed to be the title that went out on the message previous to this, but my PC doesn't like to refresh its dos windows when i telnet to other hosts and use pine)
On Sat, 9 Aug 2003, gfen wrote: > > Biege woes: Zapping pram, IDE connectors.. nop slaves? > > Err, no slaves. > > Well, awhile ago my then-working beige G3 (with OWC g4/500 upgrade) was > working fine.. until the drive decided to freeze on me. > > Hey, that's life.. I was going to re-do it anyway, just needed t find some > time, pull out the 2940U2W and LVD drive, pull out the HP CDRW, and just > use a pair of IDE drives and the IDE CDRW I bought (a Cendyne, based on > this list, only to find out that it may not be teh right Cendyne, but, > we'll cross that bridge). > > Now, I get everything together, pull all the old drives out, put in an old > 9gb IDE and a 60gb IDE on one chain, the aforementioned Cendyne on the > other.. and then I realize: > > I have no idea which connector on the motherboard is IDE-1. There's a CSI > connector, an IDE, another IDE< then a power.. is IDE-1 closer to the SCSI > or power connector? > > So, I've been fiddlign witht hat, and I was being hit with one of two > messages, depending on what sort of config I had, either the CAN'T OPEN: > message or NO BOOTABLE HFS PARTITION (this was the original error with > Cendyne CDRW). Figuring I needed to clear the pram, I attempted to do the > command-alt-p-r keyset. Now, when I do the pram finger dance, I have > never, not ONCE gotten it to chime another time. I almost don't think I'm > doing it right, or something. it never, ever chimes. Ever. I tried to do > this on an old SE/30 sitting in a closet, and it too never chimes: > > Am I retarded? :) No, seriously.. what am I doing wrong when it comes to > this? I must be doing it in the correct time frame, because I can restart > with command-alt-o-f and get the open firmware prompt. When I attempt to > do the same thing with PR, it just sits there, boots to a plain white > screen and sits there. I've tried pulling the pram battery for about 30 > seconds, I've tried the cuda switch, I've tried "set-defaults" and then > "reset-all" at the firmware's OK> prompt, and I've sat tehre repeatedly > tried to clear the pram.. Nothin. As I said, I've done SOMETHING because > now I no longer get the other error messages, I just get a plain, white > screen. > > Where have I failed, and how can I make my stupid mac boot again? This is > really, really annoying. I assume its not memory or CPU because it > wouldn't chime at me before sitting there at teh white screen. Anyone have > any suggestions at all? > > Also, the first revision beige G3 macs don't support slave drives? Someone > said that if I have the Rage II+DVD graphic chip, I've got a first > revision G3. Can someone confirm this, and then tell me how no one at > Apple noticed that it couldn't support slave drives before they shipped > it? > > Bah. > > -g. > > > > > -- http://www.infotainment.org <-> more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com <-> photography and portfolio. -- 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
