Hey all, Crazy question here, but this is my last resort. I read this article here: http://www.lowendmac.com/woods/02/0322.html
And I NEED to try this (disconnecting the hd and booting from internal CD). As of now, I have that darn blinking question mark... and yes, I've tried everything else under the sun. My iMac doesn't respond to booting from a CD as is. Lemme also mention... My problems began a few months after upgrading to Panther. I bought the OS brand new at Comp, and having upgraded to OS 9.2.2 and making sure I had the latest firmware for my iMac Rev. C, I installed OS X.... all on one partition (for the record), because I only have a 6gig hd. I would have never even considered upgrading to OS X, but my freelance work finally picked up, and I had to use the new Flash software, which required OS X. Arrg! Well, ARRG!! even more so now, because needless to say, my biz is deader than ever, now that I have NO MAC!!! Sooo, back to where I was, to make a long story short, my monitor ended up going out... not sure if it's the flyback transformer, but thinking it may be... I don't much about the internals. I tried everything... pressing that button once on the logic board, replacing the battery... actually, I did the latter first. I tried a number of things... to no avail.. I bought a monitor adapter off the internet, but it was reversed as to what I needed... it was to connect a PC to a Mac Monitor... which is NOT how they described it... so maybe I'll need that one day, who knows... it was only 10 bucks, so I kept it. I then went to Fry's Electronics nearby and bought the right adapter (for $30 bucks!)... after playing with the dip switch numbers, I finally got my iMac to show up on a PC monitor... Yippee!! Or so I thought!!! That's when I got the blinking question mark!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh yeah, while the monitor was out, and w/out being able to SEE anything, I tried some Open Firmware Cmds, as instructed from various web sites... nothing ever worked..... wonder if I screwed my computer!!??!!! I can still get into open firmware, but that's all I can do... and I've tried the reset-nvram, set-defaults, reset-all... and other things since, still to no avail. Will I lose my hd data just by disconnecting it??? Is this easy to do? Do I have to be grounded?? (don't know how to do that) Does the logic board have to be removed JUST to disconnect the hd... I don't want to remove the hd, just disconnect it (as explained in that web site above). Thanks! Tracy -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
