I think I lost this fact in that long story somewhere - the memory I used was what was originally in the Beige and working for the last 5 years. It spent a few days in the B&W and was then brought back to the Beige to help troubleshoot. I'm convinced the RAM isn't the problem.
However, in my web surfing the topic today I realized that my attempt to reset the MoBo was not done correctly. I did not hold down the cuda button for a full 30-60 seconds. I have now pulled the battery, disconnected the power cable, shorted across the battery contacts, checked and found 3.6v in the battery, and am letting the computer sit for 24 hours or so. I also verified that I did not displace the PS choice jumper - still set for a Mac supply. Sometime tomorrow I will do a long press of the cuda switch and try this again. Broos Kasey Smith wrote: > On Dec 1, 2009, at 10:23 PM, Broos wrote: > > >> Hi folks, this is my first message to this group. Probably won't be >> my last since my primary computer is now a B&W G3. And that has >> something to do with how the problem with my trusty old Beige G3 >> desktop came about. Up until about a week ago it was my primary >> computer. It had a Radeon 9200 video card, ACARD ATA66 with main IDE >> drive attached, an XLR8 G4 zif at 630 MHz and a USB2.0 card and was >> running 10.4.11 happily. But then I found a rev.2 B&W at a surplus >> sale and couldn't pass it up for 5 dollars. It had a 12Gb drive and >> 128Mb RAM so I could fire it up and determine that it ran. I decided >> to move the goodies over to it from the Beige. >> There are enough spare parts left over that I should still be able to >> build the Beige into a runner with the ATI rage video card and 350MHz >> G3 zif and spare RAM from the B&W. But, now that I have opened the >> case and removed parts I can not get the Beige to turn on. >> >> When I press the power button the PS fan comes on for about a second >> and then shuts down. That's it. I have tried leaving the battery out >> O/N and resetting the MB, I have put the original 266MHz zif back in, >> tried it with all the RAM modules it previously used, and without, and >> tried it with all PCI cards removed. Same thing. Did I accidentally >> fry the MB when I removed the cards? I now see a warning sticker on >> the top of the PS that says you must turn off the computer and wait 5 >> minutes before removing cards from the slots. I think I had actually >> had the computer off for more like a day when I removed the cards, but >> maybe my memory is faulty. I can't think of anything else I might >> have done to it. Anyone seen this failure more before? >> >> Broos >> > > As far as i know, the memory modules probably wont work. I took the > original 64MB RAM module from my B&W, put it in the Beige All-In-One, > and all i got was the sound of breaking glass... I did find some > other modules that work in it though. > > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
