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Sparkfist
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Post by Sparkfist »

I have a G3 tower thats running OS X.2 Jaguar. Now here's my problem I havent used the compuer in monthes. Infact the last thing I did before today was try to intall a second hard drive (gave up), I put everything back as I found it. Now when I boot up the system I get a blank screen, my monitor acts like the system isnt even on.

Now at first I thought it might be ram confilict so I took out all the ram save for the 128mb stick. I checked all the connections inside, and all the ones outside like the keyboard, mouse, VGA cable, ect. Nothing is working.

Does anyone have an idea as to whats wrong?

P.S. I dont have a system disc so if its that the system is corrupt I guess I'm screwed.
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Post by usbcd36 »

Uh, yeah in fact. Check for a small button (probably a tact switch) on the motherboard. This resets the PSU and will usually rejuvenate a system that goes dead from a power outage, RAM installation or other small malady. If this fails, check that the power supply is actually giving off the necessary voltages.
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