On 9/11/03 4:10 PM, "Michael Shaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the
Cybertrough:

> I installed Jaguar on my Daughters 500 MHz DV SE iMac this week....with
> no trouble at all. I updated the firmware using the 4.1.9 Firmware
> Update off the Jaguar CD.
> 
> I got a call from a buddy with OS 9.2 on a 350 MHz Slot-loading iMac. He
> tried to start up off the Jaguar CD last week without updating the
> firmware. Then he read horror stories about others who had done the same
> thing.
> 
> Big mistake
> 
> First his video went wonky, curved in on the sides, and then it went
> really dark, as in black screen. disassembly and replacement of battery
> and hard drive didn't help. CUDA & Pram Zap ditto.
> 
> Removing all but one DIMM got us to a temporary desktop
> 
> Then we ran the Firmware update off the Jaguar CD again and it actually
> WORKED.

It's best not to hit the CUDA in this situation, but I'm glad it worked.
You followed the other advice that I offered a month ago (and I follow in
the shop), and that is to modify the hardware configuration to force the
firmware into a seek.  That sometimes gives you some video to work with so
you can update the machine.  The easy fix is to hook a VGA monitor up to the
optional VGA port if the iMac has it.
-- 
Kyle H. Hansen

"It's Always darkest... right before it gets totally black." 


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