At 4:47 PM -0500 01/18/2006, Leroy Watkins wrote:
Beige G3 Here are the symptoms on boot get the disk symbol with the flashing question mark.
The boot has failed to find a bootable system on a usable HD partition.
When I boot to a cd to try to reload I get a message that tells me the system time is wrong.
The PRAM battery is probably dead or dying.
CD symbols as the wallpaper - and all I hear is the same two toned song. Baaaaaah-Deep! Baaaaaah-Deep!
Back'o'me'brain says this noise at this point in the CD boot indicates a cache or other hardware failure. Not sure tho.
Unplug the hard drives. Zap the PRAM. Then boot from the CD...
One piece of advice I am already looking into is GET a blue and white or a G4 or better. I know (but finances dont allow that att).
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