Wonder what a BBQ G3 would taste like

Instead of tearing out my hair, I'm just imagining having a BBQ and cooking this G3 until it is no more. But even that would be too easy of an out for a machine that is just driving me crazy.

I need some serious suggestions here - I'm fresh out. Backed up the drive, rezeroed the drive, setup new partitions, and install Mac OS 9.2.2 Everything seems to be going well. I put the data back on the drive. Unfortunately because the Firewire Disk Startup feature doesn't work on this machine, the only way I can "easily" do this is by using a cross-over cable between this G3 and a G4 (where the data is stored). The files seem to transfer back quicker than when I had to put them on the G4. So, feeling very optimistic, I unplug the G3 from the G4, and move it to its real home, twenty-five feet away.

But in its real home, the G3 won't startup. It started up fine parked next to the G4 (several times in fact). So now I'm scratching my head as to why a change of location would cause this. My first guess is that there were files on the machine that when I copied them back screwed it up (even though the G4 can handle such file with no problem).

Suggestions????