Roger, There is the possibility that everything is OK but there is no operating system installed. Try booting it from an OS X DVD.
Cubes are delicate creatures, and events such as shipping can mess up their internal connections. I had the same experience with a Cube I got from a fellow swapper (hey John ;-). Opening it up and re-seating cables, cards and other possibly loose stuff solved my case. HTH, Felix On Dec 3, 4:39 am, Roger Faulkner <[email protected]> wrote: > I recently acquired a Cube, tower & 2 monitors through a freebee day at > one of the Mac forums I frequent. Free except for fairly hefty shipping. > > Everything powers up but only to the point of the dreaded flashing '?'. > Does this indicate a need for install of a fresh OS or perhaps HD problems? > > PS: the grandson (16) is intent on learning Macs from the ground up and > this acquisition was with that intent, but need to get him launched to make > that available. Sorry if this is too wordy. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
