![]() ![]() (You'll need a G4 CPU upgrade in it for Leo though) To run Tiger you need to make a < 8 GB partition as the first partition on the disk and then the rest for OS 9, install OS 9, then use XPostFacto from OS 9 to boot from the Tiger CD and install it. These are awesome machines, make sure you enjoy it! I've got one (the minitower version though, they're nicer still) and OS X 10.4.11 flies on it, and I'm trying to get Leopard installed on it at the moment as someone has finally got it to work and posted some instructions for doing it, though I haven't had success yet. The person speaking probably means that the option to speak dialogs is enabled (Control Panels > Speech I think) and the little dialog saying the time is wrong has appeared on the desktop at startup - this usually happens if the internal battery is dead, if so (if the clock resets to some default date when you turn off and unplug the machine to cut all power) you should replace it as these machines can be temperamental without the battery. Have you tried just starting up from a retail (not PowerBook specific or anything like that) OS 9 CD, wiping it and installing a fresh OS 9.2.2, that should clear anything where it's been locked down or is looking for a network? The computer played the Macintosh Sound very loud, and then loaded! I'm so excited.Īnd now, a dialog has appeared and the girl is speaking to me that the time is incorrect!? WTF!? This is so cool! lol I just turned it on after inserting a Zip Disk, and wow. If anything, I'll find another hard drive and reinstall Mac OS, but I have a feeling this is a hardware error. It came with extra memory (like 192MB) and it would suck to have to let this thing hit the curb. Also, I want to say it's a Desktop Beige Revision A Model, running at 266 Mhz. However, maybe someone out there has a possible solution to fixing this Mac. This may explain why the machine was sold at the price I got it for. ![]() 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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