Studdering "Bong" then flashing Power LED (White iMac G3)

[CaelThunderwing]

i havent used my old Snow White iMac G3 in ages but i wanted to fire up Diablo (as i last remember installing it under OS9), Turned it on to hear the power on "Bong" studder/skip like what you'd hear on a scratched CD kinda thing then an long Error Beep then the White LED Power button was flashing.

i've never seen a older mac (68k or early PowerPC do this) any idea what the heck just happened?

 

[satcomer]

Check the RAM.

 

[CaelThunderwing]

had to look for spares i could use (i dont keep SD-RAM around anymore tbh) that was the cause of it, thanks but it did reveil another issue im hella not looking forward to fixing as i got crummy soddering skills (Blue channel completly dead. going to haveto check the video analog board)