On Jun 17, 2004, at 1:46 PM, Bill Vader wrote:
Hi,
I've just subscribed but have been on and off of LEM lists since 1997.
I'm working on an iMac that will not boot. I get an error message that says
"This startup disk will not work on this Macintosh model. Use latest
installer to update this disk."...Can anyone think of anything
else I can try? I appreciate all of your help.
Thanks, Bill
Bill,
In my experience there are a couple of common hardware problems that will cause a variety of start-up failures: bad PRAM battery and bad RAM.
In general, when I'm trying to boot a stubborn machine I simplify as much as possible: disconnect all but one drive, making sure that it's jumper settings are correct, have only minimal RAM installed, preferably one RAM stick, no peripherals except keyboard/mouse, and if I have moved jumpers to change clock/bus settings, get them back to factory originals. One time when I was going through this process I found that the inner metal parts of a jumper had stayed in place when I removed the plastic jumper. Once I removed that, it solved the problem.
Hope this helps,
Jim
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