i am have disassembled the imac and discovered that the disk drive data cable was loose, thanks anyway
On Sep 4, 1:47 pm, Brian Troisi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try some troubleshooting steps. Do the CD's boot any other mac? Is the > optical drive able to successfully read other discs? Is the RAM > enough? I think the most common issue may be ram. Since it runs OS > 8.6, which only requires 32 mb ram, the computer may have at the > minimum, 32 or 64 mb ram. Panther needs 128 to boot and run and > install. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
