They are very valid points.
It was running OS 9.2.2 until the HD began dying as it had bad blocks
and a tendency to lock up as if over heated. I then booted from another
OS X volume through firewire. It was running fine but then I restarted
and the OS X spun it's volleyball while loading the desktop and crashed
so I shut down the laptop (force shutdown-10 second power press) tried
restarting from OS X installer disc and I think at that point the issue
began. I just got a grey screen so I put the old HD in and tried
booting from OS 9 installer CD for Powerbook. Still grey screened. I
restarted to let it boot from HD and expected the temporary flashing
folder as it wasn't the selected boot volume but instead I got a blank
folder as if the 'blessed' image were about to flash on it but is froze
before displaying it. After erasing internal HD and zeroing data the
blessed image appears on folder then machine crashes. I also tried a
set-env boot device string in open firmware that I copied off the
internet from another Pismo user but I don't think it did anything. Its
firmware is 4.1.8 I believe. I don't have Disk Warrior but judging by
the rejection of all other CD's I don't think it will boot it. I hope
that allows for a better analysis of my situation
Regards Christian
On 23/10/2005, at 11:57 PM, Robert Howells wrote:
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
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