Re: Bringing G3 back into use

2012-06-13 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 13-06-2012 2:26, dc ha scritto: Maxxing the RAM is always a good idea but this machine needs low profile sticks or the case may not close. Oy vey! You're totally right! :-/ Having done that Ram upgrade ten years ago, I forgot the low profile need. On Jun 11, 2:01 pm, Valter

Re: Bringing G3 back into use

2012-06-13 Thread Jon Kettenhofen
Like previous replies, check that the battery is good and flash the pram and maybe even get a Mac mouse. And if there is an extra ADB port, try swapping the mouse around - there was a version of the Mac keyboard that had an ADB port on the end which made it vulnerable to damage. If these steps

Re: Bringing G3 back into use

2012-06-13 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jun 13, 2012, at 5:54 AM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 13-06-2012 2:26, dc ha scritto: Maxxing the RAM is always a good idea but this machine needs low profile sticks or the case may not close. Oy vey! You're totally right! :-/ Having done that Ram upgrade ten years ago, I forgot

Bringing G3 back into use

2012-06-13 Thread Jonas Lopez
What is the tone??? Start up chime is normal, then 3 tones and nothing -- what is this 3 tones -- I have never had this sound, ever. From: Jonas Lopez jonaslo...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Bringing G3 back into use To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, June 11, 2012, 2:24 PM Who would have

Re: Bringing G3 back into use

2012-06-13 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 13-06-2012 16:56, Jonas Lopez ha scritto: What is the tone??? Start up chime is normal, then 3 tones and nothing -- what is this 3 tones If you mean the G3 does its chime, and the three beeps (bongs?), AFAIK it means the RAM did not pass the startup memory test. How long has your G3

Re: Bringing G3 back into use

2012-06-12 Thread John Carmonne
On Jun 11, 2012, at 3:53 PM, glen wrote: - Original Message - From: AppleMac Revisited glyndwrby...@gmail.com Specification: Beige G3 Power PC G3 266MHz 1MB Cache 64MB/4GB HD/24x CD/MSO Machine has been out of use for a couple of years. Rebooted it this morning,

Re: Bringing G3 back into use

2012-06-12 Thread Dale Hoffman
On Jun 11, 2012, at 10:24 AM, AppleMac Revisited wrote: Can anybody help me revive my quite old G3? Specification: Beige G3 Power PC G3 266MHz 1MB Cache 64MB/4GB HD/24x CD/MSO 24 Nov 1998 06:53:13 Serial No. CK8480X3DZ5 OS 8.5 Machine has been out of use for a couple of years.

Re: Bringing G3 back into use

2012-06-12 Thread dc
Maxxing the RAM is always a good idea but this machine needs low profile sticks or the case may not close. On Jun 11, 2:01 pm, Valter Prahlad valter.prah...@fastwebnet.it wrote: After you solve the issue, I'd suggest you to add some more ram: 64MB is pretty tight. 256 or, better, 512MB, and

Bringing G3 back into use

2012-06-11 Thread AppleMac Revisited
Can anybody help me revive my quite old G3? Specification: Beige G3 Power PC G3 266MHz 1MB Cache 64MB/4GB HD/24x CD/MSO 24 Nov 1998 06:53:13 Serial No. CK8480X3DZ5 OS 8.5 Machine has been out of use for a couple of years. Rebooted it this morning, screen message came up: “Your computer

Re: Bringing G3 back into use

2012-06-11 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 11-06-2012 16:24, AppleMac Revisited ha scritto: Can anybody help me revive my quite old G3? Specification: Beige G3 Power PC G3 266MHz 1MB Cache I'd be happy to help you (although I have no idea, at the moment, about your particular issue). I had the very same Mac years ago, and

Re: Bringing G3 back into use

2012-06-11 Thread Todd -
I have a USB card in my Beige G3 and use a USB mouse which doesn't work until the extensions have loaded for it as Valter mentioned so if I get that message I have to hit Return key for it to clear and continue. Todd M -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a

Re: Bringing G3 back into use

2012-06-11 Thread glen
- Original Message - From: AppleMac Revisited glyndwrby...@gmail.com Specification: Beige G3 Power PC G3 266MHz 1MB Cache 64MB/4GB HD/24x CD/MSO Machine has been out of use for a couple of years. Rebooted it this morning, screen message came up: “Your computer crashed or