On 23/10/2005, at 11:50 PM, Christian Kotz wrote:
I was wondering if anyone out there can offer some advice on an issue
I have with a Powerbook G3 Pismo 400mhz. Basically the unit crashes a
few seconds into startup as is just when the flashing folder comes up
it jams and that's it or if I boot from CD it sits on a grey screen.
It boots and stays on when open firmware terminal is invoked
(command-option-o-f) and I can continue typing etc without a problem
but if I tell it to mac-boot it's back to the crash on first folder
flash. Also firewire target disk mode works fine without freezing it's
just the computer running naturally that causes the issues. I can't do
anything with it apart from Open Firmware and Firewire target.. as I
just freezes up and has to be forcefully shut down or reset. I've
tried NVRAM resets, Set-defaults commands and reset-all in Open
Firmware as well as PRAM resets, cold resets and removed backup
battery/PRAM battery, main battery and CD module but still no
improvement. Also wiped Hard Drive which meant the flashing folder
crashed a few nanoseconds later than it did initially where I could
only see a blank blue folder. I hope this kinda makes sense and that
someone has some possible fixes they can offer. I'd like to revive
this laptop as it is a feature packed unit :)
Regards Christian
Christian,
You say nothing about the OS you are trying to start up from !
When it was running, what OS was it running ?
What firmware does it have ?
What OS on the CD you are trying to start from ?
Will it start up from DIsk Warrior ?
Bob
