I haven't even thought of a bad RAM stick being the problem! As for the base, I'm pretty shure I'm putting the base together correctly (I'll admit that I have no idea what Apple was thinking when they designed the guts of the computer). I have checked the heatsink and I think it's on as good as it will ever be. I'm taking the HDD to Compusa to get the jumpers changed.
coloradodreaming wrote: > I have a 1.25 17" that I have worked on quite often. I know that it > can be a tricky situation to re-seat the base onto the bottom...are > you sure the pins are aligned with the ports correctly? you can also > check to see if there is any cabling that was caught when reassembling > and has been frayed or pinched. Also keep in mind that the heatsink > will need to have good contact to prevent any issues. When installing > the HHDs have you double-checked the connections between the drive and > the HHD? one last point that comes to mind is the fact you may have a > bad stick of ram...seems like an unrelated issue but I have had bad > sticks give me all manner of issues. Oh, that reminds me of one more > thing ... I had a bad Airport card screw up downloads before too, > weird stuff > > Steve > On Aug 22, 2010, at 5:47 AM, Jason Trunzo wrote: > > > Thats unusual all right. The real deal here is that we've got to > > get the iMac to boot from somewhere so we can diagnose the drive. > > Do you have another working PowerPC mac with firewire in your > > house? You can put that mac in target disc mode and then use it as a > > boot drive. Alternately, you can put the iMac in target disc mode > > and connect it to a working mac to run disk utility and attempt to > > diagnose the problem. > > > > > > On Aug 22, 2010, at 12:51 AM, Alex Barnes wrote: > > > > > > I have tried that before. Unfouruntely the iMac freezes in the middle > > of the boot but only when I'm using the bad HDD even though I'm > > booting it off a CD. It freezes when it shows a happy Mac or when the > > grey apple comes up. > > Jason Trunzo wrote: > >> The reason we want you to do this is two fold. First to see the mac > >> thru a successful bootup. Second so you can run disc utility on your > >> drive from the installer cd to attempt to repair the drive. Or simply > >> reinstall the os. > >> > >> > >> > >> DON'T PANIC! > >> Sent from my Electronic Thumb > >> > >> On Aug 21, 2010, at 7:01 PM, Gary Fortman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Hard drives have configurations for slave or master depending on if > >>> they are the boot drive or a secondary drive. > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >>> > >>> On Aug 21, 2010, at 5:26 PM, Alex Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> What's that? > >>>> > >>>> Tom Venney wrote: > >>>>> Is the HD set for Cable Select? > >>>>> On Aug 21, 2010, at 3:22 PM, Alex Barnes wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> It won't it just freezes in the middle of the boot and that's > >>>>>> when I > >>>>>> using the bad HDD when I'm using the good ones it won't get past > >>>>>> the > >>>>>> folder with a question mark. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Jack Suggs wrote: > >>>>>>> Will it boot with an OS installer CD in the drive? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Hold down the C key to start from a bootable disc (DVD, CD) > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Alex Barnes <[email protected]> > >>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I am reposting this because the old post I made got sidetracked > >>>>>>>> and I > >>>>>>>> could not get an answer. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I have an iMac G4 that will not boot past the folder with a > >>>>>>>> question > >>>>>>>> mark. I have tried this using 3 different HDDs and the only one > >>>>>>>> that I > >>>>>>>> can get to boot any farther is a bad HDD (it's also the only > >>>>>>>> HDD > >>>>>>>> that > >>>>>>>> any of my computers will recognize). I have tried booting the > >>>>>>>> computer > >>>>>>>> using Mac OS 9, 10.1, 10.2, and Debian Linux. All stop in the > >>>>>>>> middle > >>>>>>>> of the boot. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> - > >>>>> > >>>>> Tom Venney > >>>>> [email protected] > >>>>> Have Radio will Travel > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 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] > >>> To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > >>> For more options, visit this group at > >>> http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > > > -- > > 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] > > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > > > -- > > 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] > > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. 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