*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** >I was happily playing with my beige G3 300 a few months ago and decided >to >try booting it from my external firewire HD. It didn't boot, it died. I >sent it off for diagnosis and repair. Verdict: fried motherboard. Forked >out for a new one - worked fine until... I tried the same trick again, >with the same result, ie dead computer: no chimes no hd activity, nothing. > >Apart from the obvious comments on my lackof sanity, anyone know what's >happened? >Thanks >Andrew
I'd have one question. Did the firewire HD worked fine on it when you weren't trying to boot from it? If it did then is sounds even stranger! try exorcism ;-) Kyle Kinsey +------------------------------------------------- | eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Phone (Mobile): 07989 401 307 | ICQ: 20955065 | Web: www.thewibblereport.co.uk | -- 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:mac-uk@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:mac-uk-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:mac-uk-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
