Have a problem and need some help! My G3 server is acting up! First the specs: B&W G3 400 Sonnet Tempo ATA133 RAID (f/w 2.4.3) 2x Maxtor 80GB/ 8MB on RAID0 1x Maxtor 40GB on mobo ATI Radeon 7000 PCI 64MB Adaptec 2930U SCSI + Jaz 1GB 768MB PC133 CAS2 Sony CRX-140E Panther OS X 10.3.1 uptime was about two months
All of a sudden the G3 started doing crazy things this week: After I woke it out of it's sleep a few days ago I could not use the mouse button, the OS didn't respond to mouse clicks, that was the Apple pro mouse, with my other mouse, a wireless Logitech mouse I used the right button (which worked) to reboot. Yesterday eve I woke it noticing the mouse had selected two folders out of itself and was click-locked if you know what I mean (drawing rectangles on the desktop), but it didn't respond to (left button-) mouse clicks, rebooted, from then on I wasn't able to boot into Panther, only showed the Panther boot screen with Apple logo, no circle drawing. Only thing I did to the G3 last week when it was asleep was disconnecting the second monitor which I needed somewhere else, but I had done that several times before. What I did: Rebooting several times. Disconnecting all cables except k/b, mouse and monitor. Zapping PRAM which then boots into OS 9 on the Maxtor 40GB on the mobo, the RAID is visible, from there re-selecting the RAID in startup disk, rebooting, still the same problem. Then I booted from the Panther CD and checked the HD with Disk First Aid, OK, fixed permissions (it fixed some private.log and/ or .var.log IIRC). Then tried to boot from the RAID and from then on I get the question mark, and then it boots into OS 9 on the Maxtor 40GB, keeps doing that... Tried a CUDA reset, still the same... What should I do next? I'm afraid to try rebuilding the drive with DiskWarrior since it's 90% full and I have no place to back it up, it's purpose is actually a back up server! Help! -- 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
