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RedFly · 2007-09-19 11:26 pm

I just acquired a Blue and White G3 350 mhz, 512 mb ram, CD-RW.

It came without a hard drive, but has everything else.

I put a new 80 gb IDE/ATA drive into it and attempted to boot the machine from a Mac OS 9.2 install disk by holding down the c key at start up with no luck.

All I am getting is the folder question mark icon.

I am not quite sure what I am doing wrong here.

The CD drive seems to be in working order, but the G3 refuses to boot up from the install disk.

I have done a lot of searching online for the answer with no avail.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

KrowMagnum · 2007-09-20 12:18 am

I would first unplug the new drive and see if it will boot from the CD.

Are you positive the CD is ok ?

I would pull the CD-RW and see what brand it is. Some brands are not Mac bootable.

Also try resetting the PRAM by holding down the command/option/P/R keys on boot up.

And:

There is a CUDA reset switch on the logic board near the battery. There are two buttons, the CUDA is nearest the battery. Hold that down for a few seconds and then try booting again.

The drive may be a problm if your B&W is a rev. 1 board also. It won't cause the problems you are having but data corruption could happen in the future. Check out the xlr8yourmac.com G3 section for info on the rev. 1 boards.

Last edited by KrowMagnum (2007-09-20 12:19 am)

dvpierce · 2007-09-20 10:22 am

Try the CUDA thing, but yeah: if somebody added a CDRW later on, it's very likely not mac bootable - it's a firmware issue, though, not just a brand thing.

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