On 3/30/03 2:59 PM, "Mick Ring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough:
> A friend of mine thinks he ruined his parents grape iMac 266. He was > upgrading the OS from 8.6 to 9.1. He ran the firmware updater first. Upon > rebooting with the special key combination to update the firmware, the > progress bar went about 10% before stopping completely. He gave it a half > hour before rebooting. Now it gives him the blinking disk every time he > boots it. > > Needless to say, he feels horrible for telling them he was going to make > their computer work better and now it doesn't work at all. > > Has anybody here ever brought an iMac back from firmware hell? I have...many times. First thing to do is look to see if his iMac has the optional db-15 video connector on the back inside the case. If so connect a monitor to that and see what is displayed. He may be able to rewrite the firmware if he gets video from that port. There are about 10 other things to do, but I don't have time to type them right now. The absolute worst case scenario is to yank the logic board, put it into another iMac of the same type and then upgrade the firmware then replace it into the original machine. It is in no way your friends fault. I am an Apple Service Tech for a living and every once in a while one of them does it to me too. Happened just last week. Kyle H. Hansen -- Jesus Saves...but Gretzky grabs the rebound and backhands for a goal!!! -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
