That's very strange... It almost sounds like perhaps the antenna being
unshielded is causing it to not boot? I think your best bet is to go
ahead and zap the PRAM and see how it goes after that.
You can zap the pram on any Mac, since they still use the parameter
RAM; it's very helpful when having strange hardware conflicts. :)
-Elliott Price
Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara
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On Oct 20, 2009, at 8:36 PM, Wolfman wrote:
>
> Hi Elliott,
>
> It did boot up fine with the Airport card installed without the
> antenna connected. I did try booting the iMac several times with
> the antenna connected but nothing but the chime sound and no video.
> Another funny thing was that the iMac did not boot until I put the
> plastic piece back on the end of the antenna connection after removing
> the Airport card. I will try the zapping the PRAM. I did not know
> this still was something you can do. I remember doing that with the
> older compact Macs. Thanks. Steve
>
> On Oct 19, 11:15 pm, Elliott Price <[email protected]> wrote:
>> That's very strange; You'll probably have to do some more diagnosing.
>> Does it still boot with the AirPort installed, but without the
>> antenna
>> disconnected? Did it only not boot once? You might try it a few times
>> if it doesn't. One thing about those connectors, make sure they're in
>> ALL the way, push them a little harder then you'd think you have to.
>> I've had the trouble with accidentally only plugging them in half of
>> the way. You might try hooking it all in, then zapping the PRAM.
>> (Hold
>> Opt+Apple+R+P at startup, wait for 4 chimes) Sometimes this helps
>> with
>> new hardware problems.
>>
>> -Elliott Price
>> Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara
>> Graphic Design - Artwork Setup
>> Websites - Low Cost Custom Websites
>>
>> On Oct 19, 2009, at 8:47 PM, Wolfman wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> I have a slot load iMac G3 450MHz. I wanted to install an airport
>>> card and as all of you know I needed an adapter card. I put the
>>> airport card in the adapter and plugged the card in. The iMac
>>> recognized the airport card but I could not access the internet
>>> without using an ethernet connection to my airport base station.
>>
>>> I then wondered if there is supposed to be an antenna connected to
>>> the
>>> airport card so I opened the iMac up again to access the card.
>>> After
>>> finding and connecting the buildt in antenna, the iMac would not
>>> boot
>>> up. The iMac chimed but the screen remained blank.
>>
>>> I removed the airport card and adapter and the iMac booted up
>>> normally. Any idea what is going on? Thanks.
>>
>>> Steve
> >
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