Lee, Thanks for the reply
I was thinking it might be the power supply also, but I can't figure out how the fan can operate or how the start-up process is even able to begin at if the power supply isn't working. Seems to me like there should either be power available, or not be power....but my wife says she thinks the power level requirement increases as the start-up progresses, and the power supply is failing as the start-up gets further along. Do you think this accurate? PS I do have a couple of newer Mac computers, and currently thinking about a new G5 (probably iMac) but this G3 was kind of my wife's baby that she's had since before she retired. It's just slightly slower than the newer computers and has been a very faithful workhorse for years. It also has all kinds of software etc that she uses for graphic design (that only work in pre- OS X software). So I don't really want to have to replace all that software for a new computer, if I can fix this one. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Larson" <[email protected]> To: "Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 3:43:10 PM Subject: Re: [MacGroup] troubleshooting an old beige G3 desktop On Dec 21, 2012, at 3:22 PM, JAMES HARRISON wrote: So what is most likely the problem? My guess would be the power supply. They're about $50 from places like iFixit.com and UsedMac.com and are actually pretty easy to replace on those old G3s. But, you can get a whole used G4 for $100 or so, or even a G5 for $200, both of which blow the doors off your G3. _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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