Re: [NTLK] OT Mac question

On Jun 19, 2008, at 5:24 PM, Matt Howe wrote:

> OK, what does it mean when I boot my G3 AIO Molar and all I get is
> a picture
> of a floppy disk with a blinking question mark on it? Does it mean
> the hard
> drive has gone south? But it won't boot off of CD either.
>

As the other poster stated try holding down the "C" key with the CD
ROM inserted. This should boot from the CD rom.

Personally I have never much cared for the logic board used in the
all in one G3 or any of the other original beige G3 powermacs, as I
have seen a lot of this type of behavior that isn't rational (ie not
a bad drive or bad disk).

You can also try resetting parameter memory (or PRAM). This is done
by holding down 4 keys at once when the mac is powered on. Command
(this is the key with the cloverleaf and Apple on it) Option, P and
R. Keep holding down all 4 keys until you hear the mac restart
(chime) 4 times. Now let go and see if anything happens.

There are other more extreme voodoo measures...

HTH,
Marty

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