You should also post your story on macfixit.com if you haven't already. I bought a dead iMac about a month ago and what you are describing is exactly how this iMac is acting. Unfortunately I have no idea what caused this iMac to die since I bought it dead. If you end up having to buy a new logic board check out these people first.
http://www.baucomcomputers.com/ Question for you: Can you zap the PRAM via the keyboard? Have you tried an external monitor? After the hard drive spins up do you hear the hard drive seeking like it's loading up the OS? Good luck On Thursday, April 3, 2003, at 08:22 PM, Timothy Sherburne wrote: > Hello all... > > Recently, I went to work on updating my brother's a 266MHz Grape Rev C > tray-laoding iMac from Mac OS 8.6 to 9.2. I've been (and continue to > be) an > avid Mac user, fan and developer, and I'm comfortable when it comes to > mucking around in the OS or the hardware. > > The nightmare began when I sat down at the computer, inserted the Mac > OS 9 > system CD and ran the installer. It presented me with a message noting > stale > firmware that needed to be updated and the installer could be found on > the > same CD. "No problem," I thought. "I'll get this taken care of in a few > minutes, look like a hero to my brother, and be home in time for > dinner." > > I launched the firmware updater, carefully read the directions, and > restarted the computer. I got the long tone and the firmware update > progress > bar appeared at the bottom. > > Now things got ugly. The bar progressed to about 5% and stopped. Then > the > blinking disk folder icon appeared but the progress bar is still on the > screen, not moving. > > "Uh oh," is all I can say. I let the computer sit for about 20 > minutes, then > repeated the firmware restart instructions, but the damage is > apparently > done. > > Now the iMac doesn't do anything when I press the power button on the > CPU > except glow orange. I can hear the harddrive and CRT power-up, but the > screen just remains black. No icons, no Open Firmware mode, no start-up > tones, nothing. > > Per instructions I've found elsewhere, I've taken the logic board out, > taken > out the MB battery (which is fresh, I've checked it with a multimeter), > swapped memory, and pressed the Cuda switch. Nothing. > > It appears my only recourse now is to buy a replacement logic board on > eBay. > Anyone else have any suggestions? > > TIA, > > Tim > > > -- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
