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Did I just ruin my Power Mac G3 (BW)?

Did I just ruin my Power Mac G3 (BW)? PowerPC 5 posts Jan 28, 2014 — Jan 28, 2014

#1 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 - 03:04

I absent-mindedly removed a stick of RAM and popped in a replacement while the computer was turned off BUT still plugged in to the wall outlet.

Now it doesn't turn on. Removed the ram (while unplugged), still no love.

Did I fry my Mac?

#2 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 - 03:17

Read this.

The Power Mac G3 (Blue and White, at least) is very sensitive to hardware changes, I've had one refuse to boot after installing a hard drive.

#3 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 - 04:03

Was that the end of the line for your G3, or did it ever come back to life?

#4 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 - 04:13

You are my hero. While I thought I had tried resetting the PMU, reading through the precise directions you linked to reminded me to unplug all peripherals! Tried again and it worked. Thank you so much!

#5 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 - 14:06

No problem, it freaked me out the first time it happened!