Removed devices that may be causing the issue, such as ZIP Drive, floppy, hard drive, audio, networking, etc.ĥ. Holding down Command-Option-P-R to zap the PRAM to erase any useless data.Ĥ. Load the Mac OS 9 CD ROM Drive I have with my PowerBook G3 to see if I can access the hard drive without dealing with the corrupted files [but all this does is freeze half-way through the status bar.ģ. Hold down shift to prevent extensions from loading [all this did was show a white box with bomb, with 'bus error' and 'address error' and error type 10.Ģ.

Must explain why the 'Macintosh Sound' didn't play to prevent kids from annoying their teachers to death.Īnyhoo, the computer loads, shows one extension of the Ethernet TCP/IP? extension and all of a sudden, it displays an empty white box!, in which the hard drive stops making noise.ġ.

It displays 'Milwaukee Summit Public Schools' or something when it turns on, instead of the 'Welcome to Mac OS' with the face screen, as I'm assuming it belonged to the school system in Wisconsin. When I turn it on, it boots up, showing the Happy Mac and then resumes to loading Mac OS. I recently purchased a PowerMac G3 Beige on eBay about a week ago and got it today.

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