On Dec 3, 2011, at 4:01 PM, John Carmonne wrote: > > On Dec 3, 2011, at 1:39 AM, Roger Faulkner 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. >> > > That sounds like a loose video card or missing RAM.
No, actually it doesn't. The flashing question mark is quite explicit: no bootable system can be found. This could be from a bad hd, a corrupted System folder or non-installed system entirely. That's it. The solution to this problm is that Roger needs to get an OS system disk to boot from, then further diagnostics or system re-install can be done. For the Cube, 10.4 is probably the most painless version to look for. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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
