Re: [NTLK] OT Mac question

From: Paul Braun <cygnus_at_ctgonline.org>
Date: Thu Jun 19 2008 - 20:30:41 EDT

Matt Howe wrote:
> OK, what does it mean when I boot my G3 AIO Molar and all I get is a picture
> of a floppy disk with a blinking question mark on it? Does it mean the hard
> drive has gone south? But it won't boot off of CD either.
>
That could very well mean the drive has died. If you can't boot from
cd, either (holding down the "C" key while booting), it may also mean
the system board battery has died and it lost it's mind.

Could be a number of things, right up to the onboard IDE controller
dying. I don't remember at this point -- were the AIO's IDE or still SCSI?

-- 
Paul Braun
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