Aaaactually. i Do. pulled a board from a bustedscreen G3-233, (blue first gen slot loading) the one thatwe're discusing here is a "Snow White G3-600"
On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 10:32 PM, Google <[email protected]> wrote: > So try installing OS X from a cold start with the ethernet cable > disconnected. If it loads without a problem, then you’ve got a bad ethernet > port or a crossed circuit or somesuch in your logic board. > > If that were my iMac, I’d take it apart to see if there’s anything in > there that could be bridging a circuit. Metallic glitter can cause havoc, > for example. Or a staple or something. Don’t forget to use a new thermal > pad or thermal paste when you put the logic board back onto the divider > board. > > I’ve found all sorts of cruft, garbage and the like inside G3 iMacs that > have been exposed to elementary and middle school kids. eMacs too. All > those holes, slots and ports are an invitation to inquiring minds. The > convection-cooled design, with all those ventilation holes on the top case, > is worse than the early fan-cooled G3 iMacs. The perforated divider board, > to which the analog board and logic board are affixed, will let anything > that gets in make its way to the backside of the logic board where it > can’t be seen without disassembly. A friend with a machine shop once lost > his G3 iMac when one metal shaving too many made it through the top. He > said it was a very brief but short fireworks show inside the case of his > Snow model, which became a Coal model. > > If you had two G3 iMacs, of course, it would be a simple matter to swap > out parts to isolate the bad one(s) from the known-good one(s). But since > you don’t, you’ve probably found the culprit. Strange things can happen to > electronic devices that continue to be used for years and years past their > prime. > > Jim Scott > > > > On Dec 24, 2015, at 5:49 PM, Thomas Fritsch <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > oddly yea but i think i narrowed it to something i tried this morning to > start it w/o the network cableleft idle for 2hrs came back.. no freeze, > connect it , it locks up within seconds tried again 3 times start up w/o > power wait a few connect to encounter freezing, > > > > On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 8:00 PM, Bruce Johnson < > [email protected]> wrote: > > If the RAM and HDD’s were bad, I doubt you would get as far as you get; > after all, the Finder is running at that point if nothing else. > > > > Have you tried logging in as a different user? If the problem is > something in your user profile, you can re-install OSX from now until the > heat death of the universe and it won’t fix a thing. > > > > > On Dec 24, 2015, at 1:51 AM, Thomas Fritsch <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > i managed to find a spare hdd now unless i got THAT unlucky that its > bad too, i'm right back at the orginal issue (apps bounce but no > open/freeze up) i tested the ram but im Still thinking thier faulty and i > dont have any pcs to run a ramtest on. > > > > > > unless hdd + ram's bad i'm curious just how far i knackered my old > iMac ;-; > > > > -- > > Bruce Johnson > > University of Arizona > > College of Pharmacy > > Information Technology Group > > > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > > -- > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
