HELP, Beige DT won't boot
I was recently given an old Beige DT, with a G3 from a B&W Mac, a FW/USB card, and a Radeon running 10.2.8. Things were going fine, then I tried to add some new components (add: 80GB ATA drive, SCSI CDRW; Remove: ATAPI CDROM). Now the machine won't boot.
I have reset the PRAM, pushed the 'reset' button on the motherboard, removed the new stuff, removed/replaced the battery, cursed at it, and tired booting of both OS9 and OSX CDs. The best I can get is an old-style Happy Mac for a few seconds before it reboots. This happens most consistently of an OS9 CD, but I was able to get the same result after reseting the PRAM a few times.
The 80GB ATA drive replaced a ATAPI CDROM. Since the CD was set to Master, I also set the drive to Master. The SCSI CDRW is terminated and set to 4( I think).
Any idea why this Machine won't boot? Where can I start testing?
I don't see any reason why these changes would have affected booting. But, I thought it might have something to do with firmware. I read on another forum about using 'init-nvram' in the firm ware. Does anyone know anything about this?
Help!
I have reset the PRAM, pushed the 'reset' button on the motherboard, removed the new stuff, removed/replaced the battery, cursed at it, and tired booting of both OS9 and OSX CDs. The best I can get is an old-style Happy Mac for a few seconds before it reboots. This happens most consistently of an OS9 CD, but I was able to get the same result after reseting the PRAM a few times.
The 80GB ATA drive replaced a ATAPI CDROM. Since the CD was set to Master, I also set the drive to Master. The SCSI CDRW is terminated and set to 4( I think).
Any idea why this Machine won't boot? Where can I start testing?
I don't see any reason why these changes would have affected booting. But, I thought it might have something to do with firmware. I read on another forum about using 'init-nvram' in the firm ware. Does anyone know anything about this?
Help!
Comments
Have you tried replacing one compnent at a time to see which one is causing the problem?
Dobby.
2) Make sure you have the appropriate SCSI ID set for your CD drive. A wrong one or conflict will prevent the computer from booting.
I'm going to strip EVERYTHING out, put 1 RAM stick and a HD in and reboot. I can't understand why it is getting to the Classic Happy Mac and then rebooting. What is going on at that stage of the boot cycle?
I have stripped all the add-ons out, but the Mac still won't boot. It's like there is something deep in the system that's corrupted. Thats why I was wondering about firmware.