On Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 8:33:47 PM UTC-7, Kris Tilford wrote:
> I assume you’re saying “I think I shorted out the power supply & VRM” but
> did you confirm either the power supply or VRM was bad?
>
>
Well, I was following the Troubleshooting section of the service manual,
but
Different keyboard and mouse didn't change anything, but the startup and
shutdown problems ended when I changed monitors. I was testing it with an
AppleVision 1710 display, and that connects to the G3's monitor and ADB
ports, with the keyboard and mouse connected to the monitor. Something in
A previous reply didn't get posted. Thanks Kris for the correct procedure
for resetting the motherboard. I'd removed battery and AC cord and waited
before pressing the CUDA, but hadn't removed the VRM.
As for the power supply, I was following the Troubleshooting
instructions in the service
