where is the ROM chip on the B&W? i'll try it with the RAM and see what happenes...
On Apr 27, 5:38 pm, Kris Tilford <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 27, 2009, at 4:31 PM, Devin Glenn wrote: > > > I have a B&W G3 with some weird things goin on. When i turn it on, the > > chime is strange, sort of like, "bon- bong". It will not put up an > > image on the monitor either. I've reset the CUDA twice and its still > > not giving me anything. Does anyone out there know what could possibly > > be doing this? > > I once had a Beige with somewhat similar problems. Turned out the ROM > chip contacts were dirty or not making connection. I removed the ROM > chip and cleaned the gold contacts with a rubber eraser and then > replace it, making sure it was properly seated in the slot, and all > was well. Sometimes reseating all the slotted chips, ROM, RAM, PCI and > video cards can help. I suspect the ROM because it controls the chime > noise, and a wrong chime might indicate something amiss with the ROM. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
