LarBob Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 (edited) I took my iMac G3 out and it boots up to a blinking folder, but it won't boot anything. If I try to boot any CD I get a DEFAULT CATCH code 70, and it won't boot off of the disk either. I used my G5 and Target Disk Mode to install Tiger on the machine but it won't boot from that or find it in the option-key startup menu. I'm able to get directory listings off of CDs and the drive, but not boot into anything. It has a fresh PRAM battery and I've reset the PRAM multiple times. Edited January 11 by LarBob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LarBob Posted January 11 Author Report Share Posted January 11 I got it to boot with this: https://www.macintoshrepository.org/23373-mac-os-9-2-2-boot-kit-for-booting-your-g3-g4-from-an-usb-stick The CD-ROM drive and hard drive are working perfectly fine. I installed OS 9.2.2 off of a CD while booted off of USB and the machine is working perfectly now. Weird. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jamie marchant Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 You might want to run Apple's diagnostics(to make sure it's indeed working), you need the right one for your machine, some of them are hard to find: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/apple-hardware-test-cds Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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