Can anyone help? I've a friend whose come across a g3 pb which has several problems, examples quoted below:
> I spent quite a while with > it just trying to boot it up. It seems to need coaxing (warming up a bit?) > to get it to keep going longer each time. Well any way I got it on long > enough to choose the start up disk as the software restore/re install and > quickly selected the icon. I re formatted for extended (os 8 ad up) > and all was fixed. I tried re starting, putting to sleep and shutting down > and starting up - all ok and left on for half an hour or so (and all from HD > not restore CD). Then the next day switched it on and all was back to > normal, crashing all the time. I left the mac charging over night. May be > its a heat thing? May be the battery is knackered? I did all the restoring > etc with the battery popped out and on the mains. May be as it's OS 8.6 I > should try a later OS for power books and could I install 9.0.2 from my > iMac? > > Any way here are some messages I've got out of it by accident or whatever > since reformatting. > > System error "finder" Error type 10. > > Unable to find the RTAS. Proceed with caution, curves ahead. > > Default catch!, code = 700 at % SRR0:ff80ac50 %SRR1: 0000b030 (the ff number > changes and all scrolls up the screen) > > Apple Power book 1, 1 1. of 1 Boot ROM built on 04/6/99 at 10:21:59 > welcome to Firmware > to continue booting, type "mac-boot" and press return > to shut down, type "shut-down" and press return > ok > 0> > Default catch!, code- > > Aaaahgh!! What does it all mean? I'm at a loss what to suggest to him and my title of 'nerd' is slipping! Please help! Gaz -- Gary A Chamberlain Apple Macintosh Nerd -------------------------- 23 Percy Street, Braunstone, Leicester. LE3 2FL UK TEL: +44 (0)116 233 9837 -*- FAX: +44 (0)116 233 9852 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.gchambo.org ============== " Never ask a man what sort of computer he drives. If it's a Mac, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?" Tom Clancy in an interview with Entertainment Weekly magazine -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
