It could be the IDE controller is wonky. I had that happen in an iBook. Do you have a Firewire or USB drive you can boot from.
Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Apr 9, 2018, at 4:38 AM, 'Juergen Grieb' via iMac Group > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have an iMac (Flat Panel) from 2002 (aka The Lamp). Bought it some years > ago and replaced the hard disk with an SSD. It was working fine the last time > I used it. But I haven't been using it from quite some time. Last boot up was > 2-3 years ago. > > When I try to boot it now, it just won't. I get a gray screen. > > Pressing option gets me to the boot manager. There are no drives shown there. > Inserting a macOS installer disc changes nothing. > > Reset PRAM, no luck. Can boot into open firmware. But booting from there > results also in the gray screen. > > Then I thought it might be the drives or their connection. I removed them > from the iMac and connected then (with the iMac cable) to another computer > and they work fine there. > > Anyone any idea why the iMac stopped recognizing any drive? Are there parts > in the the iMac that can go bad (no battery leakage) over the years and need > replacing? -- 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.
