If i recall correctly, this is a known problem with the upgrade to 10.2.2. Perhaps there is help at www.MacFixIt.com and/or www.MacInTouch.com
Mike Burns wrote: > List Folks, > I think my Rev A iMac may be dead. > I upgraded from OS 10.1.5 to 10.2. Then I upgraded > to 10.2.2. no problems. left it on ,, & went to dinner. > ...later, it was off. When I pressed the power switch, nothing happened. Then > I unplugged it and several minutes later, plugged it in again. This time it > began to start up as normal, including the bong, but after 3 seconds (right > after the power light changed from orange to green) it shut down. > 1. I am 99.99% sure I have the correct version of firmware (1.2) installed. > Though I didn't check it immediately before installing 10.2, it did check it > before installing OS X when OS X first came out, and since firmware 1.2 was > released in 1999, it must have that version installed. > 1a. It had been having intermittent problems waking from sleep for a couple > weeks prior to this. But that had seemed to get better after I rebuilt the > desktop in 9.2.2 a week or so ago. (Not exactly sure why that might help > waking from OS 10.1.5, but I tried it for superstitious reasons, if nothing > else. And the wake up problem did go away after that. Or at least it > seemed to.) > 1b. It also had had a problem a few months ago with the screen going black > for a fraction of a second and then returning to normal. I cleaned out the > dust inside and tightened the video connector to the monitor and that seemed > to fix it. However, after installing 10.2, I saw that black flicker one > time in the afternoon. > 2. It has to be unplugged for several minutes (have not timed exactly) for > the above startup symptom to occur. Otherwise, when I push the power > button, nothing at all. > 3. I tried starting from CD (OS 10.2 install CD, Tech Tools Pro, and Disk > Warrior all result in no change to above symptom). > 4. I swapped the hard drive. Again no change. > 5. I took the battery out, let it sit for 30 minutes, and put the battery in > again. No change. > 6. I tried a CUDA reset. No change. > > Thanks > Mike > > -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
