G3 Slot Loading iMac won't boot

[sreedy]

Guys,

I got home last night from a long weekend away, booted up my Mac and everything was fine; after I'd finished I put it to sleep. Came down this morning and instead of the power switch 'sleeping' it was on but very dull. I could wake the Mac at all so when all had failed I turned off the power to reboot..... now all I get when it restarts is the power light on and nothing..... no sound.... nothing on the screen at all. Any ideas how I can proceed?

The only thing I have done in the last two week is added some third party RAM, but that's been OK for a couple of weeks.....

Thanks

[Leareth]

Remove the new RAM and see if it works that way
the old G3 iMacs were moody as hell with RAM

Can you boot off OS disk?
Do you hear a tick of the CRT starting?

[sreedy]

Yeah I'll try taking the RAM out when I get home tonight, it all seemed to be going too smoothly!

I haven't tried booting off the OX disc yet but that will be my next step if removing the RAM doesn't help...... yeah I hear the CRT start and stop.

Thanks for the reply.

[TMA]

Pull the RAM first
Reset the mobo

First step is to get something to appear on screen, even if it's a flashing icon or spinney that goes on forever. If you can't get any video to appear that's when to start worrying

[sreedy]

Right.... I got home tonight and now I get nothing what so ever!!!

Basically I plug it in, get some sound like its got power, press the power button and NOTHING! Then when I unplug it the power light flashes an that my friends is it........ I feel a trip to the menders coming on!