Hi Again All,
Thanks for the info.
The Screen is just grey with no prompt.
If There was a prompt would I be correct in thinking that I had arrived
at the
"OPEN FIRMWARE" screen. Then just key "Boot-Mac" would take me back to
the
desktop ? and I could try again.
I also have no keyboard working at this stage of booting so no key
operations possible,
Will have a go at resetting the PRAM, but from a cold boot one needs
the keyboard
which is not available until I get it to boot fully.
I think that if you reset the CUDA button this does the same or remove
the PRAM battery
for 30 mins or so. Am I on the right track ?.
When I upgrade to 10 on my Wallstreet I had problems but once sorted 10
was brilliant and
I did not have to update the FIRMWARE.
Thanks again
John Abraham
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Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 12:28:56 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: Re: G 4 Firmware update problem
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I have just got a blank screen with no smiling mac as it stops
booting.
Blank screen with a flashing prompt?
I'd try resetting PRAM if you haven't already. I had a lot of trouble
booting into MacOS X when I updated my beige G3 - kept on getting the
old
OpenFirmware prompt, but without the Keyboard working (so could not
type
any commands etc.) Usually, resetting the PRAM from a cold boot worked.
The jump from Classic to OS X is scary. Well worth the panic though ;-)
I realise you're in a slightly different situation, but it
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yup. i second that. btw OSX is 5/6 years old this year! (launched 24th
march in 2000/2001 - i can't remember that far back) :P
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