hello
if you're mac has an extra vga-video-port try connecting an external
monito... and replace the internal HD or boot from a firewire drive
with os9 installed... (osx needs an updated firmware on most imacs,
and you're not sure if the firmware has been updated...)
Op 3-okt-05, om 16:46 heeft Adam Vaughn het volgende geschreven:
Hello everyone. I recently picked up a iMac DV which was described
as having a hard drive problem. When turned on, the video never
comes up, and the hard drive makes a series of whining and clicking
noises. The only way to get anything to appear on the screen is to
depress the power switch on the front (which causes the screen with
the flashing '?' disk icon to come up for a split second, then
shrink to a dim grey rectangle), then depress the power switch on
the front again, which then brings up a frozen image of the
flashing '?' disk icon, after which the hard drive stops making
whining/clicking noises, and the whole thing locks up. Basic key
combinations appear to work (though they occasionally turn the
computer off for some weird reason); I have zapped the PRAM
multiple times, and was seemingly able to blind-type commands into
Open Firmware (it resets after typing 'reset-all'), but still no
video. I attempted to boot from a CD meant for the PowerMac G4, to
see what it would do; I hear the CD being accessed for a few
minutes, then nothing. Pulling the PRAM battery for an hour had no
effect. Might this thing be fixable? Thanks in advance.
-Adam
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