On the various quicksilver machines I've had and have worked on for others, all have had a pin hole in the cd bezel to allow the standard use of a straightened paper clip to eject a cd. If yours doesn't have that pinhole it would be a simple thing to make one with a small drill/bit. The button is there on the front of the actual cd mechanism.
On 1/24/09 12:12 AM, "tonycd" <tonyl...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > Hi. (Deep breaths.) > > I have just received my G4 upgrade card (single 1.6 GHz 7447) from > OWC. > > As the first step in failing to install it, I have utterly paralyzed > my perfectly good Quicksilver 867 before either installing or removing > a single item of hardware. > > The first step of the instruction book calls for reflashing the boot > ROM up to version 4.2.8. This is already where it starts to get > confusing, because the instructions are unclear on whether a > Quicksilver needs this step. > > First, I tried using the provided firmware-updater CD in conjunction > with the tiny "programmer's button" on the face of my machine. The > button didn't work as the instructions suggested it would -- in fact, > it had no apparent effect on startup whatsoever. > > I then tried starting at the second step of the instructions: booting > into the firmware updater CD. I was able to do this, but the updater's > text-only screen said it couldn't reflash, and shut the machine down. > It appeared only the boot ROM installation would make the firmware > upgrade installable. > > I checked my machine for my current boot ROM (earlier); it was 4.2.5 > followed by a single letter (i?). I downloaded the ROM installer from > the specified Apple URL, but found it only worked in OS 9. (I have > Tiger and Classic 9.2.2.) I switched Startup Mode into 9.2.2, > restarted and got the flashing question mark. > > Thinking the CD might be a complication, I tried to remove it and > couldn't. I popped the case, disconnected its ATA cable, pushed the > reset, tried again and still got the flashing ?. (The Quicksilver > case, of course, is ingeniously designed so you can't simply push the > CD drive's button to get the disc out without complete disassembly of > the case. I love fashion.) > > I then tried to hook up the external FireWire drive I had just CC- > Cloned my entire hard drive contents onto. I hit the power button, > held down the T key, and this time, the machine simply shut itself off > after about 5 seconds. Then I tried the same drill I'd used to disable > the CD drive, except on the internal hard drive, to force it to the > system on the FireWire drive. No soap there either. > > I now have: > €A CD stuck in the drive, > €a flashing question mark, > €a Startup Items preference set to 9.2.2 that I can't access in order > to change, > €no new boot ROM, > €no updated firmware, > €no new processor, > €and no Mac (except the borrowed one on which I'm typing this post). > > Heeeelllllpppp! > > Yours in absolute exasperation, > Tony > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
