iMac G3 (2,1) Should Screen Display a Picture even without RAM?

[SR20DETDOG]

Hi guys,

I picked up an iMac G3 of the side of the road yesterday. I tried turning it on but all I got was a single beep, I found out this means there was no RAM installed/detected, and sure enough there's no RAM at all inside it.

I'd like to buy some and getting it up and running again, I'm just a little concerned about the display. If there's no RAM installed is it normal for the display to not show anything? I think it sounds like it's working, at least when I turned it off again it made the same sounds that all CRTs make.

Basically, I can deal with simply replacing the RAM but if the display is done for I might pass it on.

Thanks.

 

[iMacC2D]

Removed.

 

[Intell]

Make sure you buy low density PC-100 or PC-133 SDRAM modules sized 32-512MB.

 

[128keaton]

Hi guys,

I picked up an iMac G3 of the side of the road yesterday. I tried turning it on but all I got was a single beep, I found out this means there was no RAM installed/detected, and sure enough there's no RAM at all inside it.

I'd like to buy some and getting it up and running again, I'm just a little concerned about the display. If there's no RAM installed is it normal for the display to not show anything? I think it sounds like it's working, at least when I turned it off again it made the same sounds that all CRTs make.

Basically, I can deal with simply replacing the RAM but if the display is done for I might pass it on.

Thanks.

Damn, another story of an iMac G3 sitting OUTSIDE that still "works".

 

[California]

Hi guys,

I picked up an iMac G3 of the side of the road yesterday. I tried turning it on but all I got was a single beep, I found out this means there was no RAM installed/detected, and sure enough there's no RAM at all inside it.

I'd like to buy some and getting it up and running again, I'm just a little concerned about the display. If there's no RAM installed is it normal for the display to not show anything? I think it sounds like it's working, at least when I turned it off again it made the same sounds that all CRTs make.

Basically, I can deal with simply replacing the RAM but if the display is done for I might pass it on.

Thanks.

I've got some 64mb and 128mb sticks out of an iMac g3, yours for shipping from California.