The maximum operating system on the two iMac G3 350 MHz are :
Apple iMac G3/350 (Slot Loading - Blueberry) Specs
Identifiers: Slot Loading No FW - M7469LL/A - PowerMac2,1 - M5521 - 1821
Pre-Installed MacOS:8.6 Maximum MacOS:X 10.3.9
Apple iMac G3/350 (Summer 2000 - Indigo) Specs
Identifiers: Summer 2000 - No FW/AP - M7667LL/A - PowerMac2,2 - M5521 - 1857
Pre-Installed MacOS:9.0.4 Maximum MacOS:X 10.3.9
So the disk you are trying to install, won’t work on your machine.
Your drive may be working fine but just need the correct system disk.
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what's the matter with the internal drive? What type and brand of external drive did you get?
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 mayer crwdne2934271:0
The internal drive would just make noise and would try to spit out the disk. The external drive I got is a starcat usb disk drive
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Tell me about the install disk you are trying to use.
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OS X 10.4 tiger
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