The Toddler has done what I could not do. She started up the iMac this morning. I heard that wonderful chime, and lo and behold - a happy mac started up. Correct time and date. Amazing. I hadn't done anything else with it last night. Guess it just needed a good night's sleep after replacing the battery?
Gotta go. I will test the CD drive later, maybe tonight. Kathy K >>>> What do I try next? Could the hard drive be fried? Or something be knocked >>>> loose when all those CDs were jammed inside? >>> >>> possible drive damage yes! >>> did you try resetting pram after battery install? also make sure ram chip @ >>> airport (if installed) are seated correctly >>> charles > > Kathy; > > ASSUMING its not drive damage or pram battery... (my first couple > guesses)... to 'grasp at straws for another possibility: > > Agreeing with charles with a caveat: > > When the system's broke... be CAREFUL about trying to reseat > chips and tinker with any more things than you absolutely can't > avoid because you could 'mis-set' a ramchip on the way to fixing > things... hiding a true fix of whatever is / was wrong in the > first place. Take extreme caution to be positive that things are > in fact perfectly placed if you can't avoid tampering with them. > > Having said that: > I'd be tempted in your shoes... to throw a different hard drive > in there just for kicks. Don't get in too big a hurry to put all > the screws back in before you do a bit of testing to see if that > brought it back to useful. Note that hard drive cables too can > easily be 'not quite totally in'...so same caveat here as above. -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
