Apple powermac g3 blue.white Manuales De Servicio

 Troubleshooting

Symptom Charts/Video and Sound - 47

Erroneous text or 

characters appear on 

the screen

1 Check the keyboard and the keyboard connection.

2 The system software may be corrupted. Reinstall system 

software. You must use the system software CD that came 

with the unit. 

Flashing question 

mark

1 Boot from the system CD to verify the hard drive can be seen 

on the desktop. If booting from a SCSI chain, make sure the 

hard drive priority numbers are set properly.

2 Check for OS software on the boot drive. 

3 Run Disk First Aid. Update the driver with drive setup 1.6.2.

4 If the symptom is on the external SCSI drive, disconnect the 

external SCSI devices. Troubleshoot the SCSI chain if 

necessary.

5 Reinstall system software. You must use the system software 

CD that came with the unit.

6 Replace the hard drive/CD data cable.

7 Replace the hard drive.