It's looking for a network server as the source of its boot OS. ----- Original Message ----- From: "THE ROCK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "iMac List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 4:04 PM Subject: Blue Imac
> My summer classroom inherited an imac with OS X installed. It starts > with an icon of the globe showing maps of North and South America > flashing on the screen. This goes on for a couple of minutes which is > then followed by the famous folder with a question mark (system), which > after a few minutes is followed by the system actually going through the > emotions of system X booting (that's how I know it has system X). The > screen then turns dark blue from a light blue color and stays that way > for hours and hours... I've used hardware diagnostic software, disk firs > aid, apples software recovery and even clean installed system 9.2.2 but > all to no avail. Any clues? > Thanks. > Peter. > > -- > ON THIS ROCK....I WILL....PREVAIL.... > > > > -- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
