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B/W G3 Start up issues
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Owosso, MI
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So I picked up 5 iMacs and 3 blue and white G3's today from someone on the craigslist, the iMacss all are running perfect
However the blue and white g3s have some start up issues
they wont boot of my legit panther install cds or anything else, i have the case open and i can watch the activity led go like mad but it still wont get away from the blinking question mark thats with all 3 of them, ive zapped the pram, went into open firmware and did the NVRAM reset and everything
Any Ideas guys??
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Canastota, New York
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Might be a bum optical drive. Try putting in another one. Any generic ATAPI drive will work.
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Owosso, MI
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It boots off the jaguar disk just fine but panther to no avail, and in order to boot from a drive its gotta be an apple drive
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Senior User
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Canastota, New York
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It doesn't have to be an Apple drive to boot. I'm running a B&W G3 as a server and the old optical drive is long gone. I have a Sony Dual Layer DVD-R in there now, and it boots just fine from it.
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Senior User
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: A crappy place in Canada
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No, it doesn't have to be an "Apple" drive, although there are a few ATAPI drives that wont work. Most of the ATAPI drives that wouldn't work even have problems working properly on PCs. Just avoid Memorex branded drives.
Also, is your Jaguar disc a CD and the Panther a DVD?
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"Why did this thread cross the line? Because its **** got stuck in a chicken." - Demonhood
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Banned
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Owosso, MI
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its a panther cd and a jaguar cd
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