Greetings all. By way of introduction, I have been an avid Mac fan since the Color Macintosh, and am currently running a G4 with OS X 10.3. While I do not claim to be a Mac expert by far, I've done technical support for Macs before and have a Computer Science degree. Still, bear with me if I don't know everything I need up-front.
Here's my dilemma: As a holiday present, an old friend of mine gave my stepson an iMac G3 tray-loading model. As far as I can tell it is a Rev. C model clocked at 333 MHz. It is currently running Mac OS 9.2.2. I've upgraded the RAM to 128 Mb--and will upgrade further once I can afford better RAM. I've also confirmed that the firmware currently installed is version 1.4.2, which I believe is the highest firmware available for this model. But while the hard drive is HFS+ formatted, the machine simply will not read any CD-ROMs in HFS+ format--including my OS X installation disks. The iMac will attempt to read them, but after about 15 seconds will as if I wish to format the disk in ProDOS format. I've been racking my brain and searching through forums and sites such as lowendmac.com and xlr8yourmac.com but have yet to find so much as a lead that could help shed light on the problem. Does anyone here have any ideas as to what I can do? My stepson can stay in OS 9.2.2 if necessary but obviously OS X would be an improvement if only in the amount of available software. I appreciate any and all advice you can share. Thank you. Lil -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
