I have a 7500 with a 604e processor and a Beige G3 DT and I have had a series of bad luck and now they will not power up. It started when I had a power failure last night and some surges which was kind of scary due to the smoke coming from mainly the surge protectors. The only thing affected in the beginning was my Beige G3 DT, as it just will not power up. But the surge protector for it was unaffected, so I was surprised to not be able to power it up; all the peripherals connected were not unaffected. The 7500 was completely shut off, so it was not affected. I have a PC also but it was not affected even though the surge protector connected to it was fried and smoking.
So I decided to see if the internal parts to the Beige G3 were working and the internal scsi HD was working , as I tested it in the 7500. I then decided to see if the iX micro video card still worked and put that in the 7500 but after that I had problems with the 7500. It would power on but not startup at first, not even the sound came on. I finally got it to startup on a boot CD. But it just wouldn't boot into the Hard drive. I decided to change batteries but after I did that, it wouldn't even power on now. I tried 3 different batteries. I also tried disconnecting the power supply to the motherboard. So now I have 2 Mac's which don't work. I was happy when I had the 7500 as a back up but now I don't even have that. I wonder if putting the iX video PCI card did some damage. Any ideas? I have to say I am absolutely sick, as I have alot of hardware upgrade in my Beige G3 DT. I loved that computer. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:pci-powermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
