but it doesn't work...

here's my story as fast and as accurate as my fast, and somewhat frustrated hands can take it to you...

first, I'll note that the rear top handle was borked, so it hurt as I took it out...
the item...
OSX doesn't want to install, and you'll note that the thing has a 450MHz G3 on a Yikes! G4 mobo? well my mac source tells me it's a 400MHz..

OS9 ran VERY reliably... for a whopping TWO minutes, and it wouldn't work after rebooting.

My 8.5 (worldwide) cd won't work because it needs 8.5.1 (stupid macworld CDs...)
I can't get OSX installed, and NONE of my 9.0- or 9.1 CDs are bootable.

On a lighter note, the included macalley keyboard/mouse work grandly with the tibook, and appleworks 6 which was on the CD (he modified and burned, so it's not bootable) works on the TiBook...

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Did the guy upgrade the machine and screw it up?

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Did the unit get damaged in shipping? If so if there was insurance then you might get your money back (keep the packing) IS the heatsink still attached to the processor? If not it could be overheating in a very short period of time (and finally burn out).

I'm told to send it back, file a claim with FedEx, sue the guy and a whole suit of other things over AIM and (here) I don't know what to do, and I really NEED a computer that will run jaguar *SERVER* for my project

I was running 10.1 on the 7300, but couldn't get SQL, and by that time, I had already ordered this baby...

I don't want to have to deal with ebay and other things *AGAIN* to get another computer.... but if I have to :-\....

he's eMailed me back, saying that it was in just ever-so perfect condition, and that if I'd dropped another million bucks on him, he'd included 10.2.6 "FREE!"

(for scsi card, hdd and a zip drive)
To quote his eMail exactly:
Boy, am I shocked! That G3 was pro packed and then shipped FedEx
insured for $450 ($75 over what you paid before P/H/S). That Mac was
in GREAT shape when it left here, and I have pictures to back up my
statement. Please submit a claim with FedEx ASAP, but you (as the
recipient) have to file the claim. You can get a pair of G3 handles
for about $20-30 on eBay, and let FedEx reimburse you via your claim.
The late deliver (but only two days, not four) was totally FedEx's
fault, and you should let them know that in no uncertain terms.

Yes, it was MacOS 9.0 as specified in my auction. I would have given
you MacOS X (10.2.6) for free if you would have purchased the SCSI
drive w/SCSI card and Zip drive, but you didn't. I had that G3
originally for auction with a 10Gb HD w/MacOS X on it, but reduced it
to it's original 6Gb w/MacOS 9 when no one met my reserve. I had the
6Gb HD w/MacOS 9 w/Appleworks running 24/7 for several days straight
before shipping to you and all was running fine with not troubles what
so ever.

Please understand that that Mac ran great for the past two years as my
wife's Mac. However, its configuration was with the 10Gb HD, a Zip
100, and four 128Mb RAM sticks. You have two of those four 2-2-2/100
sticks. The two 64Mb sticks are 3-2-2s or 3-3-2s which make all four
memory sticks run at their slower speed. Try running the G3 without
the two 64s, and you boot-up speed should jump up. FYI - The two 64's
are that G3's original memory.
END QUOTE...

so I'm kinda dissapointed... I need to gather thoughs on how to fix this.. because I NEED my server for my server project...
the ability to put a MasterLock on the back of the G3 really had me sold too... (I just found this out today though...)

one thought, is that I need to see pictures, and another is why he coudln't have put OSX on the secondary drive?
I'm told that the processor is actually 400MHz, from what I read to another mac expert over AIM, which means that his auction may have been lying in multiple ways?

oh, and I am truely sorry you have to put up with this BS, no one should have to, but unfortunately that's the way the cookie crumbles sometimes... man.... this is *explicitive deleted* bull *explicitive deleted*.....

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Intrikit Weaver v5.0, a 450MHz Blue/White Power Macintosh G3 with a Yikes! G4 motherboard, is running. It has 512MB of RAM right now, and will soon be powering a website of my own...

I replaced ALL the RAM with a stick of my own, and then put some of it back in... it works GREAT!!!

to all those who put up with me, I thank you...

If he doesn't have pictures, or goes quiet just report him to ebay, people like that are a pain in the ass for everybody. Also about the smaller drive and stuff did he tell you this *before* you paid? If not, once again, report him to ebay.

I put the two 128meggers back in, and it would become unreliable after a few hours... that has been rectified though... (I took them out)

I don't think that ALL of this is bad RAM, and if I can get 384, 512 or some other bigger number, and still operate reilably, I'll be atop the world, and I'll add the defective memory to my shipping claim?

I might not include the memory and flying HDDs in my shipping claim, because that's an issue not with the shipping, but with the seller...

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