On 16 Jul 2005, at 2:45 am, Elizabeth Lalli-Reese wrote:
I have inherited a unused g3 iMac (700mhz, running Panther.)
The problem is, no one has a clue to the password.
So far I've:
1. tried booting from a panther cd
2. took the PRAM battery out
3. tried to get to the open firmware page (has a password)
4. tried to use the option key to get into the start up disk menu
5. removed the RAM and put in different RAM
6. hit the reset button on the motherboard
And the password isn't "password,", I checked. :)
Any ideas how I can render it usable? I either get the Open Firmware
password screen or the screen asking for the admin password.
If an Open Firmware password has been set, and nobody can tell you what
it is (or what the admin password is), then I'm afraid it's bad news.
From Mac OS X: The Missing Manual (Panther Edition) by David Pogue:
"This password is deadly serious and un-hackable, and there's no back
door. If you forget the Open Firmware password, you can't change the
startup disk ever again. Even Apple can't help you out of that
situation. [...] No amount of clever restarting or inserting of disks
can bypass this heavily armed gatekeeper."
Is there any chance of contacting the original owner?
Miche.
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