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hi all
ill get to the point, ive got a g3 powermac? clear case with perspex handles. I wanted it for my bf to use, he bought me a lovely new imac but i want to try and revive my old mac for him.
Basically, it will run for a few mins then it will cut out and you can't switch it back on for about half hour afterwards.
I'm pretty sure its a hard drive failure but would like some conformation. Also if it is the hard drive can i just replace it with a new HD? the model of the HD is a seagate barracuda, ive looked on ebay and they seem reasonably cheap, so would be willing to replace it if thats what the problem is.
i have completely wiped the disk and there is no os operating on it. I know everything is working as ive literally just tried to reinstall tiger and it switched itself off, so it must be a hardware problem.
Any help would be great,
thanks
franny
xxx
ill get to the point, ive got a g3 powermac? clear case with perspex handles. I wanted it for my bf to use, he bought me a lovely new imac but i want to try and revive my old mac for him.
Basically, it will run for a few mins then it will cut out and you can't switch it back on for about half hour afterwards.
I'm pretty sure its a hard drive failure but would like some conformation. Also if it is the hard drive can i just replace it with a new HD? the model of the HD is a seagate barracuda, ive looked on ebay and they seem reasonably cheap, so would be willing to replace it if thats what the problem is.
i have completely wiped the disk and there is no os operating on it. I know everything is working as ive literally just tried to reinstall tiger and it switched itself off, so it must be a hardware problem.
Any help would be great,
thanks
franny
xxx