On 8/17/02 10:50 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, I just got an iMac (purple 400mhz with 8mb rage 128 video) that my > brother's friend is trying to sell. He found it in he late > grandfather's office and doesn't know what to do with it...he also > doesn't know the ins and outs of ebay and such so he asked me to > install all the latest software on it and see how much I could get. > > One problem: I started it up and a password was required (OS 9) so I > figured I'd just boot it in firewire target mode and format it from my > G4. No go. Nothing happend. I tried it repeatedly holding down the > "T" key while starting up. Then I tried to boot from a cd. This > worked only after two attempts. THEN when I finally got it to boot > from an OS 9 cd I wiped the HD, popped in my OS X cd and started the > installation. > > I went in the other room and when I came back it was off. Not > sleeping...but off. I pressed the power button and the green power > button light came on and nothing happened. So I unplugged it, and > reset the PRAM 11 times. It didn't start up. just turned off after > the little light went on for a few seconds and I heard a few little > hard drive crackle sounds. This keeps on happening. It looks like > it's turning on...nothing happens on the monitor...and then it turned > off. I've tried swapping out the two ram sticks in it (two 64MB > sticks) to no avail. It won't even get up to the point of zapping the > PRAM or booting from a CD. > If you're getting the orange power-light, no video symptom, it may not be as simple as a battery. Was it definitely the hard drive you heard crackle, or could it have been the power supply or even the display trying to sync? The symptoms suggest that the Power Analog Video board may be bad. Replacement cost is I think under $200. Hamlin 'I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with equality liberty and justice for all.' -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
