iMac G3 startup problems OS 9

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iMac G3 startup problems OS 9

I press the power button, it clicks, but no "apple welcome boot sound". 5 out of ten times when booting the hard disk shuts off just like when the compuer goes to sleep, and it will not boot unless i restart it (pressing power button or unpluging) It runs OS 9 so just to note. It loads and I can't find the menu bar at the bottom of the screen (were the icons are on that grey menu at the bottom of the screen. What should I do? Help me guys!

Specifications-Imac G3 graphite (Summer 2001)

Prossesor-PPC G3

Additional-verry old

iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11), Imac g3 graphite

Posted on Dec 12, 2013 4:43 PM

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K Shaffer

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Dec 12, 2013 7:33 PM in response to Imac t100

Is this the same model as your other post concerning iMac G3 issues? Are these the same ones?

There is a possibility the clock battery or PRAM battery may be dead, and if so, that can have a bearing on whether or not it would start normally. Of course there also are resets one could attempt as well; the power management unit has a reset (PMU) procedure that should be easy enough to find online or in an older Support document here on site.

And there is a probability something else may be the cause of the fail symptoms you cite. Troubleshooting what doesn't work, or can't really get started, is more difficult than fixing ones that can be resolved by trial-and-error.

I'd have to know a bit more, then do some research; been quite some time since I had the iMac G3 model.

Good luck & happy computing! 🙂

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Answer 2

K Shaffer

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Dec 12, 2013 8:40 PM in response to Imac t100

a PS to the above:

A minor error in the above occurred in that I was interrupted and ran out of time to edit or get back to it; so the first sentence was not related to your post, and I had several browser windows open while reading several different discussions.

So, anyway since its too late to edit it away, thought to add this just in case you'd wonder about that.

In any event... hope it gets going OK.

Good luck & happy computing! 🙂

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