I'd put the drive in a external hardrive case plug it into another computer and pull everything important off the drive. Then I'd start experimenting.
Mark On Nov 16, 2014 11:36 AM, "Brandon Nichols" <[email protected]> wrote: > The Hard drive is not the issue. If it was, the iMac would still power on. > It just wouldn't boot past a blinking file folder with a question mark. > Best of luck!! > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 10:10:05 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Switching hard drive from one g3 imac to another > > Hello, > > I am new to the group, and happy to find others with older imac's. > > I have a G3 and it no longer will power up. This has been coming on for a > while,as it was more& more difficult over the past several weeks to get it > powered up. Now, it won't power up at all, just a split second of light > when the power button is pushed. My best guess is the power supply is the > problem. I'm afraid to try to use the install or restore CD in case I put > it into the CD slot, and with no power, can't get it back. > > I found another imac which I believe is a g3 and wonder if I could have > the power supply of the working one moved to my imac, or could I have my > hard drive switched to the working imac. If the working imac is not the > exact same model, would the HD's be compatible? > > I only use this computer for a specific purpose, and so no need or desire > to update hardware or software. > > Are either of these options workable, and what would be preferable? I hope > to be sure that buying the imac is worthwhile in time and effort. Thanks > for any advice you may have. > > kay priest > > -- > -- > 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 subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > 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 subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- 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 subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
