It is a good idea to upgrade but it would best do the simple tests before I put money into it to make sure. Like switching the HD with another used HD that works. It would be sad to buy the HD and RAM and have the problem be the motherboard or power supply (I doubt it's the power supply since it starts up at all). There is a good computer store near me that will test the computer for about $25.00. You may find one where you are that will do the same thing.
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 6:38 AM, Trinette Rani Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > > Sounds like hard disk has died! It was working right? Comes on but > goes off? > If the hard disk can't load after a few seconds of it being on,it's > dead! > I have the same eMac 700mhz. And at this age and heavy use the drive > on mine gives failing errors too! I bought it used from a school. > It is a bit sluggish. Luckily I have a firewire 80 gig drive and made > a copy of all files. > You should replace the memory and the hard disk. 80 gigs and 1 gig of > RAM will make you smile. > > On Feb 18, 2009, at 3:29 AM, Kyle Parish wrote: > > > I always try the easy cost effective things first. Unplug every-thing > > except the keyboard and mouse and see if that works. If not pull > > the stick > > of RAM from the second slot and turn on the computer. If it > > does'nt work > > then switch the Sticks of RAM and see if it works then. If it > > works than > > most likely the first piece of RAM is bad. If it still does'nt work > > than do > > the same thing with the second slot. This will tell you if one of > > your > > sticks are bad. If it does'nt work than start testing other things. > > > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:14 AM, kitoto <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Hi I have a Emac 700 mhx, suddenly it stop working, when I try to > >> turn > >> it on it seems that is going to work, I can see the light on the > >> screen but after few seconds it goes out, What can I do? Thx for > >> your > >> time. > >>> > >> > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
