[TheCeltictiger]

Hi all,
I am looking for assistance in solving a bootup problem on a imac G3. I offered to upgrade a friends software to OS X 10.3 and my act of friendship has come back to haunt me. There is sufficent memory (384mb) and harddrive space (40gb) and a mere 333mhz cpu and I have updated the fireware.I installed the 10.3 software and all was working fine, until I restarted the iMac and the terminal window appeared, I then had to type reset-nvram and reset-all. The iMac reboots and all works fine until I restart and again the terminal window appears and have to reset nvram all over again. Is there a way of fixing this issue and not having to reset nvram everytime I boot up.

thanks in advance

[P]

I think the PRAM battery has run out. One of the Firmware updates for the iMac G3 drained the PRAM battery - it was a known bug, I believe. If you keep the machine plugged in even when turned off, you're usually fine. You just have to set the machine to auto-boot. At the Open Firmware promt (where you type "reset-all"), type "set-env auto-boot true" and enter. Then "reset-all" and the machine should come back up. Restart to check if it took.

If it didn't, you'll have to replace the battery. On my slotloading iMac, it's a 3.6V lithium battery that you can find either in a photo store or a hardware store. I think it's the same on all the iMac G3s. Not that uncommon, open the machine first to check what it looks like so you know what to look for. After you have replaced the battery, redo the set-env line above and you should be fine again.

[StonedRose]

Same thing happended here. I did the NVRAM reset with no joy. I actually had to reset the cuda chip then all was good.

Aloha.

[TheCeltictiger]

Thanks guys....thats a great help...and I will let you know how I get on....

[TheCeltictiger]

Well took your advice on the PRAM issue, I opened up the back and put a new 3.6v battery in and reset the cudo chip.I then reset all once more and still no fix found.

if I type printenv and get a list it shows the boot device line as being empty which may suggest there is a problem finding the boot path?

anybody care to throw a few suggestions my way I would be indebted.

Thanks in advance

[bsaxton]

I am having the same problem as you with my G3 iMac. Any more leads? What a bummer. Did you by any chance have a D-Link Wireless adapter?