> Hello! > > My name is Dylan and I just joined up on the G-List today. I'm a newer Mac > user (a little over a year), but not a stranger. Growing up, our family's > first computer at home was a 512k Fat Mac back in '85. My brother went > back to using Macs on a daily basis a few years ago and I felt sidelined > by cost. I finally sucked it up and made the plunge and haven't looked > back since. > > Over the last year I've been able to resurrect several G3's and G4's back > from the dead. Most of the time it just takes a little patience, testing > and maybe a new PRAM battery. I recently bought a B&W G3 350 with a Rev2 > board from a member of the MacRumors boards. It was working fine before > shipping. Just before boxing it up, the previous owner booted from CD and > erased the original 6gb IDE HDD. Now that the machine has arrived at my > house, it's dead - almost. snip
Dylan... It sounds like you tried just about everything. Forgive me if this sounds too simple, but if the drive has been wiped clean, shouldn't you try starting from a CD and diagnose and install an O.S. on your machine before you do anything? K -- 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
