On 08/09/10 03:01PDT, Walter Sheluk wrote:
Excuse me for dropping into this discussion.
I have a iMac G3 that has OS 9.2.2 installed by the guy that sold this
blue bean.
It is my understanding that i can install OS X on top, right ?
However, the said iMac G3's optical drive can only read CD's not DVD's.
It rudely spits out the DVD with no explanation. How rude is that?
What now ?
And also the iMac G3 hard drive is only 10 GB.
What now ?
Walter,
First, is it tray or slot loading? Second, does it have built-in FireWire?
If the answers are "slot" and "yes" respectively, try the following:
First take a business size card a wrap a short piece of lint-free cloth,
preferably microfiber, around one short side of the cloth. Holding the
cloth and card tightly, gently slide the wrapped end of the card in on
the left side of the slot as you face it. Gently pull it out and clean
the dust, debris, etc., off the cloth. Repeat until no more debris comes
out on the cloth. You may have to try a little to the right of the left
edge of the slot. Now try a DVD again. If it works, you're in like
Flynn. If not, follow Jack's suggestion on external DVD drive, but
remember, PPC Macs can only boot from a FireWire external drive; USB
drives won't work.
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Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney
"Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10 is
... oh, never mind."
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