As to the "no-booting"...my bad! I by chance loaded the CD with OS
9.2.1 and it needs 9.2.2 to boot the iMac. I made another disk with
9.2.2 and it boots fine. However, the noises persist. Hmm, that slipping
felt pad thingy might be a culprit. I'll have to try it with other CDs
and see if they repeat the problem.
thanks for the input.
-donCharlie Reyes wrote: > > don hinkle wrote: > >I've got a Rescue Disk for my flatpanel 15" iMac. > >It has 9.2.2 OS and Disk Warrior and TechTool. > >It USED TO boot the iMac okay, but made a lot of noise doing so. > >So I made a disk image and burned another CD...and then another. > >They all make the noise. > >And now, neither of them will complete the boot. They go through the > >whole routine until the last moment when the desktop appears and then > >nada. It just hangs there with a background, but no icons. > > > >Wha's wrong? > > > > > > Error reading CD-Rom? Try a CD lens cleaner. Can you boot from the original > system CD? > > Noises are generated by a slipping felt pad that holds the CD centered on > tray load CD drives. It causes misalignment so the LED laser can't read the > disk's directory. > > Charlie > -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
