thanks for the replies. tried to boot from original OS discs (jaguar), from the hdwe test disc, and from the leopard disc. machine insists on booting from HD. i've tinkered my fair share inside towers, but i've never opened an imac up. how difficult is it to get to the HD and the PRAM battery?
thanks again. Jim Emery wrote: > boot into the hardware test and run the hardware test. This > should give you a pretty good idea of whether the hardware is sound. > Assuming everything checks out ok, boot from the Leopard install > disk. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
