Ok I zapped the PRAM and held down the shift key while it rebooted. Nothing seemed to be different though. The same display came up withthe spinning circle. Do I hold down any other key besides the shift one on startup? Will a different screen come up? How long does the shift key need to be depressed? Thanks
On Sep 4, 9:39 am, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > At 5:58 AM -0700 9/4/2009, Jasiu wrote: > > >Ok here's the story, I have a G3 Slot Loading Imac that I am trying to > >get running for the local church. I don't know what processor speed > >or how much memory is in it. When they got it, it started up in some > >version of OSX and then asked for a password. Since no one knew what > >the password was we couldn't go any further. > > >I replaced the hard drive and put on OS 10.3. I used another computer > >to do this, took the new drive and placed it back in the Imac. > >Started up and got the re-assuring "Bong". It takes a while for the > >Apple logo to come on and then a spinning circle comes on. All good > >so far but thats where it stops at. The little circle just keeps > >spinning and nothing else. > > Zap the PRAM then boot into Safe Mode (hold down the shift key) to > force a kernel cache rebuild. Given your Mac's speed, the rebuild > will take a while - so be patient. > > >I am assuming there is enough memory since it originally > >started in some type of OS X. > > Yea, probably. Once you're up, use System Profiler to get the exact > model. And full specs are available here: > <http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/index-imac.html> > > HTH, > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
