At 09:43 PM 7/26/2000 -0400, charlie allom wrote:
>guys,
>
>if i was to set a LOAD-BASE 0x6c0000 in a g3 pismo, and the next time it
>rebooted it would chime but not go any further (screen blank, no lights,
>not much else) ..
>
>how would i fix it?
>
>some OF trick? (it wont boot into OF or reset the PRAM from the usual key
>commands) it doesn't seem to get that far into the boot process anymore)

You send it back to apple and have them reflash the FW.

>if i was to take it to apple australia, and they said i had messed the
>logic board, would they be right? one person has now said the processor
>has to be replaced.

No.

>am i crazy? are these people telling the truth?

Kind of.

>this is all hypothetical. lives may hang on the line.

[I have a pismo so I refuse to comment further ... except that i missed
it when it was gone for awhile. :(]
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