| Trying to revive a PowerbookG3
So I have a OSX 10.4 install disk and I am trying to revive a Powerbook G3 that my buddy gave me. The Apple website says that a 400Mhz G3 with 64mb RAM, 8Gb HDD, and DVD player is enough to run Tiger (at least it is enough to do a little surfing with), but I am having problems.
First of all, it has 10.2 and when you try to start that it only shows a the power button restart screen. When I load up the 10.4 disk I get a DEFAULT CATCH!, code=900 error. The BootROM is from 3/21/01 - is that too old? Do you have to update Firmware like you would update a BIOS on a PC?
I also noticed the Firmware says the date is 1970, so I am assuming the watch battery that runs it went bad.
If this were your project, what would you do? I am trying not to just toss it, it would be nice to have another laptop running around the house to use in a pinch.
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