Got a blue/white G3 tower for 50 bucks. Freezing MacOS 9.2

[sunvalleylaw]

Got this for 50 bucks from a guy who was given it from a gentleman who used to have a Mac museum somewhere here in the Boise area. This was his working second of this model. Looks pretty clean, but it is freezing. It also keeps saying that the MPEG extension of QuickTime 6.02 want lunch. And then freezes within a minute a few minutes after that. Thinking I will find an installed disc for 9.2 and run a clean install after wiping the HD.

Once I get it running, I’m going to keep this one in my office in order to access old files. I have from my career back when I was using WordPerfect before Corel killed it on the Mac side.

And also just fun to have one and add one more to my collection.

 

[Fizzbinn]

Jealous! Looks like it's in great shape! I've been wanting to add one of these to my collection.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Jealous! Looks like it's in great shape! I've been wanting to add one of these to my collection.

Funny, I didn’t have any specific intention, but I saw it when I was surfing around Facebook marketplace and couldn’t pass up the price. And it will be useful, I think once I get it up and running properly.

The plastic is pretty darn brittle, and one of the little handles already cracked transporting it. But I might be able to find a replacement for that piece or even have one 3-D printed.

 

[volvo242gt]

You can also use the Graphite G4 plastics on it. My last B&W G3 was essentially a B&C G3 (Blue & Clear) when I got it. I did notice that said computer was a little unstable with an Adaptec 2940U2W card installed. Replaced that with a 29160N, and it was a lot more stable. Currently have that card in my G4 DA.

Bad photo, but my old G3 B&W, installing 10.4 on the 120GB drive that was in it.


The G4 plastics...

-J

 

[ObeyDaleks]

Random freezes while idle could indicate a failing PSU. But you have the right idea to start with a fresh install and see what happens.

 

[waynestewart]

If a reinstall doesn't help, a couple of other possibilities are a bad RAM stick or that the heat sink compound has dries up

 

[Unknown_K]

First RAM stick isn't clicked in.