the disk is fine, most likely, it's the dreaded filter problem so many people are talking about, see: < http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~shamada/fullmac/repairEng.html#NoPointer> for diagnostic help. if the disk goes bad, you'll get a flashing question mark because it can't find a system to boot, the gray screen indicates it's not getting that far. sorry, but it is a reasonable fix for someone with a soldering iron.
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