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TiMacLover
Senior Member
USA
1282 Posts |
 Posted - 11 Jul 2003 : 12:21:31
I just got one to borrow from a friend and I want to put Mac OS X on it.My problem is that when it boots up I can not have a cd in it's drive or Mac 0S 9 will not see a cd drive at all. Trying to boot from a cd gives me a black screen. And 9/10 times I try to turn it on it is just a black screen. Anyone else ever have this problem? Jeremy "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." - Karl Marx Covert Ops
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2003 : 16:04:11
Interesting. Try the following:a) Reseating the IDE/SCSI cable at both ends
b) Replacing your PRAM battery
c) Zapping the PRAM
d) Replacing the interface cable going to the CD-ROM
e) Trying a new CD-ROM drive
f) Trying the CD-ROM drive in another Mac Hope this helps.  "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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The Lightning Stalker
Full Member
USA
747 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2003 : 17:30:38
This could be anything. All the above and try swapping out parts until you nail it down. Also, Try starting up with all drives and everything else that it doesn't need to bring up a sad mac disconnected. If you don't have problems, add one thing at a time until you get the problem. If you still have the problem, then you'll have to swap out RAM, motherboards, power supplies, maybe even the CRT until you can nail it down. Good luck. Projects like this are real caracter builders. The Lightning Stalker Performa 631CD, 7.5.5
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2003 : 20:16:37
Installing OSX.1 server might be a charachter-building experience for me (7300)I'm going to be doing that for my Intrikit Weaver project... *MAYBE* you could try booting it with XPostFacto? Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2003 : 20:29:07
Maybe. Isn't there a compatibility issue with some Beigeys and OS X, or something like that?"**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2003 : 20:58:23
yeah... some people were saying that beigeyG3's were NewWorld... and there was another confusion with OpenFirmware...and then there was the thing about how all 300MHz+ G3's blue or beige are newworld... here's what I know ALL beige macs are OldWorld, but somehow, the G3's (which are oldworld) are supported. how big is the hard drive? make sure the OSX partition is ENTIRELY within the first 8GB of your drive... Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2003 : 21:26:40
Exactly. NewWorld didn't come until the iMac, and even so, the iMac was the only machine to have a NewWorld ROM, until the B&W G3 came out."**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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cory5412
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USA
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Posted - 11 Jul 2003 : 22:21:30
yup... that's why XpostFacto was ever brought up  anyway... if I had a beigey I'd probably run OS9 on it... I think that OS9 is so nice on OldWorld macs (except the whole... OSX.1.server on 7300 dealie) Official 68k videographer
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ThePowerToBurn
Junior Member
USA
106 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2003 : 00:03:34
I'm going with the ram. You might have a problem with one or more sticks of your ram. That was my problem when I was trying to install 10.2 on my G3 AIO.________________
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2003 : 00:06:14
quote:
anyway... if I had a beigey I'd probably run OS9 on it... I think that OS9 is so nice on OldWorld macs
Same here. If i had a beigey though, i'd probably get it up to usable specs, and load it with Jag. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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