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G3 Won't Start W/Printer

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Name: Phil
Date: April 8, 2003 at 09:02:33 Pacific
OS: 9.2
CPU/Ram: ?
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Hi, I'm not too sure about Mac's but am trying to help friend with G3 desktop and OS 9.2. Won't start with printer cable plugged in. Gets grey screen with mouse pointer that moves ok. Chimes on start up. If printer cable disconnected starts normally. Is an Epson deskjet. Hoping someone has some ideas. Sorry, don't have more details right now but can get them if necessary.

Thanks very much.



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Name: the pickle
Date: April 8, 2003 at 15:19:09 Pacific
Reply:

Find out as much as you can about the system. Namely the following:

What G3?
What printer?
How is it connected?

p


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Response Number 2
Name: Phil
Date: April 11, 2003 at 08:06:34 Pacific
Reply:

It is a Powermac G3 desktop, Epson deskjet, parallel connection.

thanks


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Response Number 3
Name: the pickle
Date: April 11, 2003 at 18:22:48 Pacific
Reply:

Lemme ask that again.

What *MODEL* of Epson?
What *MODEL* of Power Mac?
How the heck do you have a parallel printer plugged into a Mac?

p


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Response Number 4
Name: warragul
Date: May 8, 2003 at 02:47:00 Pacific
Reply:

The problem is that you are plugging a
parallel printer into the Mac's external
SCSI port.

This is adversly affecting the Mac's
internal hard drive which is on the same
SCSI bus. Hence, no boot.

As noed above, the Mac doesn't support
parallel printers.

Regds, Peter M.


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