G3 stalls on boot-up
My 400Mhz G3 won't complete its boot. It seems to be going through the process, albeit slowly, but then stops, with a message at the top of the screen, which still has only the Apple logo, which says something like, half duplex disabled, and the system stops. I acquired a couple of G3 boxes, neither of which has a hard drive, but with assurances that the mainboards were functional. After installing one of these in my original box, the bootup proceeded exactly the same, including the message when it stopped. My thought now is that the hard drive is corrupted or has gone south completely. Is there a way to determine which has occurred, or would it be better to just replace the drive and start over? If that is the case, how do I go about that? I have OS 8.6 and Panther available, but do I need more, like something to format or otherwise enable the hard disk? As you can tell, I am not at all familiar with the Mac system requirements. Any advice is welcome. I really don't want to give up on this, as it has become a challenge of wits, in which I am obviously at a severe disadvantage, but I'd like to pull a Forrest on this and make it go somehow. Barrie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Password change
Please excuse my ignorance, as I am new to this system, but where do I find a system disk? I suspect there isn't one disk for all levels of OSX, so I have to find one for my release. On Dec 17, 8:25 am, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Dec 16, 2008, at 8:23 PM, old newbie wrote: I have an old (obviously)G3 which I got with nothing but a keyboard. When trying to upgrade the OS, I am asked for a password, but without a system disk, and getting no help from the previous owner, I seem to be stuck. Does anyone have a suggestion? Go get a system disk. Seriously, this is a must-have item, as it's a basic thing for so many different diagnosis and fixit things. -- 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 subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Need to reset password or passphrase
If you have nothing constructive to say, don't bother to hit the 'reply' button. On Nov 14, 5:04 pm, Jeffrey Engle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unfortunately, as is often the case with used gear, all I got was the 'puter, kb and that was it. No disks or other accessories. well in that case..aren't we glad that 10.2 is really cheap these days. Jeff --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: How do I access Mailboxes?
Brian Christmas wrote: On 15/11/2008, at 10:52 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On my G3, I dutifully add mailboxes to keep my messages in order, but apart from the In, Out, Trash Drafts, and Sent, I can't find the mailboxes. Those five are available by using the top bar and clicking show from the drop-down. The Mailboxes icon alongside the Get Mail icon does nothing at all. I'm sure I have tried every link, icon, etc. without success. G'day What mail client are you using? Regards SantaI am using Mail, which is, I think, Apple's default client. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
