MajorPayne
02-27-2005, 10:18 PM
I have a problem with my new rev 1 Blue and White G3. I was all set to upgrade it from it's existing OS (Mac OS 9.2), to Panther. I purchased a new Panther install DVD, installed a new DVD drive in the mac, and tried to boot to the CD -- I get a black screen! The CD spins up, and seems to do some things, but never do I get anything on the screen.
I tried opening the DVD from within Mac OS9, and it said "press this button to reboot, and start the upgrade". I did so, and got a black screen again -- I even waited for 1/2 and hour, but still nothing.
At this point, I was suspecting my DVD drive might not be compatible, so I got ahold of a copy of Panther on CD instead, and used the Mac's original CD drive to boot it -- same thing -- black screen, no nothing, even after a long time. The same thing when launching the upgrade from within OS9 using the CD's
I tried holding down C during boot, but still get the black screen. I also tried Command+Option+Shift+Delete, but got the same result.
I am about at my wits end here.... I do not know a ton about Mac's (I was raised on Windows-based computers), so I am not sure where to proceed next. Is there some step I am missing here (I have heard about other key combo's to disable extensions, and/or zap pram, but I do not know if these help in this case or not)? Is there possibly something wrong with my Mac, and if so, can if be fixed? Is it possible that Panther will simply not work on my old G3?
Any advice at this point would be appreciated.
I tried opening the DVD from within Mac OS9, and it said "press this button to reboot, and start the upgrade". I did so, and got a black screen again -- I even waited for 1/2 and hour, but still nothing.
At this point, I was suspecting my DVD drive might not be compatible, so I got ahold of a copy of Panther on CD instead, and used the Mac's original CD drive to boot it -- same thing -- black screen, no nothing, even after a long time. The same thing when launching the upgrade from within OS9 using the CD's
I tried holding down C during boot, but still get the black screen. I also tried Command+Option+Shift+Delete, but got the same result.
I am about at my wits end here.... I do not know a ton about Mac's (I was raised on Windows-based computers), so I am not sure where to proceed next. Is there some step I am missing here (I have heard about other key combo's to disable extensions, and/or zap pram, but I do not know if these help in this case or not)? Is there possibly something wrong with my Mac, and if so, can if be fixed? Is it possible that Panther will simply not work on my old G3?
Any advice at this point would be appreciated.