On Feb 7, 2010, at 12:12 AM, Clark Martin wrote:
On 2/6/10 12:52 PM, Kevin Avery wrote:
I have an indigo iMac 600 DV that I was recently given. There is
not a
hard drive in it currently. I put an original iMac grey CD in it to
see if it would boot. I get the startup bong, but then it goes to a
white screen and just stays there.
I only tried to boot it off the CD to see if it would boot. Does it
require a hard drive to boot? I thought if it couldn't find a hard
drive it would get to a screen with the missing folder icon.
The guy who gave it to me said it was working before he pulled the
drive. I was hoping to set this thing up for my Mom to use.
No, without a harddrive and with or without a CD it should still
boot to the grey screen with the flashing question mark (and go on
if a boot CD is in the drive).
Startup bong - good
White screen - bad
That it bonged is a good sign. It says the CPU is up and running.
That the screen is white implies a video problem. I would try the
usual, PMU reset or at least a PRAM zap. You might also try
reseating the RAM. I don't think that's it but it's a good idea
anyway.
--
Clark Martin
Thanks for the advice, I will give it all a try, tomorrow, I don't
want the "bongs" waking the kids!
I will let you know what I find out.
Kevin Avery
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