Video Goes Blank During Install of (Beige G3 & OS X 10.2

comptech55comptech55
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Got a retail set of 10.2 OS X discs. After paritioning my HD to less than 7.45GB (REV A Board) it will start installing. Once it hits about 18min left, the screen goes blank and the computer seems locked. Second attempt after reseting (P RAM) I actully got the monitor to stay on but it said "OUT OF SCAN RANGE". Third attempt, I used a 4.3GB HDD and it did not help either.



Any ideas? Mac says officially supports OS x 10.2.8 as the last version.



SPECS:

G3 Minitower (Beige)

REV 1 or A Mainboard

PC133 128MB Micron SDRAM

MAXTOR 10GB HD

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 3
    thinkingdifferentthinkingdifferent Posts: 1,604member
    I had the same problem with my Beige G3. I could never get any version of OS X to install on it. I finally gave up.
  • Reply 2 of 3
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    That used to be a frequent bug back in the day. I think the fix was a firmware upgrade or changing the video card to a new PCI slot. I could only bet my Beige G3 to work if the card was at the very bottom and I reset the PRAM. The internal video is a source of many problems and PCI Video cards are a much better choice. I have a ATI 7000 in my machine and it works great.
  • Reply 3 of 3
    comptech55comptech55 Posts: 14member
    I fianlly got it going by using (1) x 128MB SDRAM. If I filled the banks with 3 it would not work. All 3 work fine now that it is installed.



    Even though 10.2.8 is officially supported, man is it ever slow. I installed 768MB of ram and it only made a minor improvment. Oh well, I can't complain as I got the tower out of the trash during a down pour, so I can be thankfull it even works.
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