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#465911 - 02/02/06 09:44 AM Help???? [Re: potemkinnn]
Toyj Registered: 02/24/05 Posts: 79	on my old g3 blue and white it stoped working...u could turn it on and nothing would happen...the cd rom was getting no power but if u unpluged the data cable it got power...it turned out the motherboard was fried...so we got a new box...transferd everything..and it worked once... but now when u boot the computer there is NO chime , black screen , and cannot zap PRAM , we think it might be the memory..anyone know wut could be causing this?
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#465912 - 02/02/06 11:45 AM Help???? [Re: potemkinnn]
mordaskyt Registered: 01/25/05 Posts: 360	How about the PRAM battery itself, how old is it??? My B&W would never boot if the PRAM Battery was dead. _________________________ PB G4 15" 1.2ghz - Pismo G3 400 mhz - iBook G3 500 "Jukebox" "SawSmurf" G4 500 - Quicksilver G4 Dual 1ghz modding...
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#465913 - 02/02/06 12:57 PM Help???? [Re: potemkinnn]
Toyj Registered: 02/24/05 Posts: 79	we really dont know...we got both boxes from the News&obsever for only like $90...with all the guts still in it...so i dont know how old the batteries are...but a mac should be able to boot without a battery it jsut wont remeber anything u do...i really have no idea wut to do...i have aran out of idea and i really want m computer back haha Edited by (02/02/06 01:36 PM)
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#465914 - 02/02/06 02:23 PM Help???? [Re: potemkinnn]
TCPMeta MacModder Registered: 11/15/07 Posts: 1797 Loc: Florida, USA	Use a volt meter and check the battery and see if it gets 3.3 to 3.6Volts. _________________________ To live is to let die
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