On Jan 30, 2005, at 10:34 AM, Eagle wrote:Greetings, all.
A coworker just gave me a new-to-me B&W G3, but I have been having nothing but problems with it. Hmmm... perhaps this is why he GAVE it to me? ;) Just kidding.
Anyway, I have tried to install OS 9.2.1 (came with my 10.1), OS X 10.1, and OS X Server 1.2. Every install has failed.
This particular system is a Rev 1, 300MHz, with a 20GB (upgraded) hard drive, 256MB (64+64+128) RAM. The Firmware had already been updated to the latest (G3 firmware 1.1). It did have a SCSI card in a PCI slot, but I removed that.
The RAM was in slots 1 (64), 2 (64), and 4 (128), so I moved it to 1 (64), 2 (64), and 3 (128).
OS X Server complains about a RAM issue.
OS X just won't install - crashes during installation
OS 9 installs either lock up midway, or they complain about "You need OS 8.5 to install (this)" or "You need OS 8.1 to install (that)." Um, I'm installing OS 9!! What the heck?
Because of this last problem, I have been doing custom OS 9 installs, installing ONLY Mac OS System and Internet apps. As a last ditch effort I am trying to install JUST the Mac OS System, recommended installation. NOTHING extra for this install.
The OS 9 installs just lock up with "About x minutes" remaining, typically around 6-7 minutes remaining. By lockup I mean the mouse is unresponsive and my USB keyboard's caps lock light doesn't light.
I don't have a multimeter or I'd test the PRAM battery. But I have zapped the PRAM of course. And now I'm running without the PRAM battery installed - as long as I don't power down (soft boot only) I should be OK right?
Oh, for the OS 9 installs, even if one does successfully complete, I get an error saying that the system software is not for that computer type. I tried copying the OS 9 System Folder from my PowerBook G4 (15" AlBook). No luck there either.
I have tried each stick of RAM individually (in slot 1) and still no luck installing even OS 9.
Oh, I have partitioned several times, and the most recent partition scheme is 3 partitions. (This is to be a play machine and I want to multi-boot BeOS, Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, and YDL if that's possible. I am willing to go to 1 partition for the moment, if someone thinks that might help. Well, I might as well just try that anyway - my last install just locked up.)
Any idea what's up with this machine and how I can fix it?
Eagle
Just out of curiosity, this 20 Gb HD wasn't in a PC at one time or another was it? I had similar problems using an 80 Gb HD that was previously in a PC running a multi-OS boot manager that was not cleared using a standard Mac format. I finally had to purchase a new HD and then all my problems magically disappeared. If it works out, let me know how the BeOS works on the Mac. I currently run Be on a 800 Mhz PC multi-OS machine and I love it!
Honestly, I have no idea. Tomorrow when I see him I'll ask the guy who gave me the machine. Right now I have Drive Setup running checking for bad blocks - it's about 20% complete.
Eagle
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