Apple powermac g3 blue.white Service Manual

 Troubleshooting

Symptom Charts/Zip Drive - 54

Zip Disk does not eject

1 Switch off computer. Hold down mouse button while you 

switch computer on.

2 Reinstall Zip software.

3 Replace Zip drive.

4 Replace IDE/ATA drive cable.

5 Replace logic board. 

Zip drive attempts to 

eject disk, but doesn’t

1 Reseat Zip drive bezel so bezel slot aligns correctly with 

drive.

2 Replace Zip drive.

Zip drive runs 

continuously

1 Replace Zip disk with known-good disk.

2 Reinstall Zip software.

3 Replace Zip drive.

4 Replace IDE/ATA drive cable.

5 Replace logic board.