Hey all, I finally got around to this again. Stuck in new stick of RAM (256 MB PC100 SODIMM), a new PRAM battery and reset the CUDA button. It's exactly the same as before. I get a flashing question mark and it won't boot from a bootable CD or Zip drive. Any help or hints would be greatly appreciated. If anyone knows their way around open firmware, let me know. I can get in and do "devalias" to make sure all of the drives are there, but nothing else. Thanks for your help Bill
-----Original Message----- From: iMac List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Martin Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 12:50 AM To: iMac List Subject: Re: iMac will not boot > From: "Bill Vader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Then I got serious. First I replaced the CD-ROM drive, because the > owner > said she had had some problems with it lately. That didn't help at > all. So, > then I replaced the hard drive with a known good used drive that I had > initialized and zeroed with OSX's disk utility. Of course this didn't > work > and all I got was a flashing question mark. The computer still won't > recognize any CD or Zip as bootable. When I was in open firmware I ran > devalias and it sees the hard drive and CD-ROM. Can anyone think of > anything > else I can try? I appreciate all of your help. > You put it a known-good HD (with a bootable system? you don't specify) and it still won't boot from any device? Hmmm. Bad RAM? _Chas_ "If you want to encourage your kids to color outside the lines, think creatively and zig when the other kids zag, get the Mac. On the other hand, if you want to teach your kid that life is full of frustration and that anything worth getting takes plenty of patience and hard work, a Windows machine should do quite nicely." -- D. Plotnikoff -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
