John
Sorry to give the wrong impression. I can't remember exactly what it
did do to give me hope that it would work, something to do with
starting the disc up in a different unit - we tried a lot of
different switch arounds of bits like battery and HD and another HD
in place and so on but basically the box was dead, I spent a few
days on it and then gave up, convinced the worst that could happen
had happened (as per the Apple WARNING) and we could not prove that
we had not made a mistake in the process and so it went from an
enquiry, to a discussion, to a moot point to a dispute, in which the
owner of the machine got very angry with Apple and then bought
another one, as life is too short. but a bitterness lingers.... At
the time the differential for a repair (including time) and buying a
new and better one meant buying a new one made more sense.
I hope you have better luck but I thought I should mention that you
could have fallen foul of the incomplete firmware update gremlin
which bit us.
Cheers
Drew
On 12 Mar 2006, at 21:38, John Abraham wrote:
Hi Again,
Thanks Drew for the possible bad news but as my brother has always
told
me all is not lost, so will keep on trying. just a thought how
did you get it back
to some sort of working order ?.
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Subject: Re: G 4 Firmware update problem
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:32:14 +0000
The only comment I have not a cheering one. There are the very
important notes from Apple on not interrupting the process once it
starts but they have nothing for when it stops and doesn't do
anything. This happened to an iMac and we had the same problem and
did all the things you have done but it was a non starter. I managed
to get some response out of it but it never worked properly
thereafter. Apple refused to accept any liability and it is a heap of
junk now, after a protracted dispute. I hope you have better luck.
Drew
On 10 Mar 2006, at 23:27, John Abraham wrote:
Hi again Listers,
I tried resetting the CUDA button by holding it in for about 20
secs.
I then removed the PRAM battery for 30 mins but when I tried
rebooting
there was no difference that before. Still hangs with a grey
screen and no
prompt.
Not sure what to try now, will have to leave it for a while and try
to return to
the problem with a fresh head.
If anyone comes up with any more ideas plaese let me know.
Thanks again
John.
Hi Mary.
Thanks for the suggestion.
I am able to open the DVD - ROM but because the computer will not
fully boot
I am unable to use the keyboard or get it to a desktop in order to
select the startup
disc.
Even trying to start from cold and holding in the "C" will not work
as it will not activate
the USB circuit in order to use the keyboard.
John.
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Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 22:32:17 -0500
From: "Mary H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: G 4 Firmware update problem
At 11:27 PM +0000 3/10/06, John Abraham wrote:
I tried resetting the CUDA button by holding it in for about 20
secs.
I then removed the PRAM battery for 30 mins but when I tried
rebooting
there was no difference that before. Still hangs with a grey
screen and no
prompt.
Hi John,
Well, I'm fresh out of ideas after briefly looking on the web on
this. Just a question: Will the machine start up from an OS 9
installer CD? (I gather from your initial post that you have not yet
installed X on it.)
M
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