With no startup chime and a dark screen, the first thing I'd suspect is a bad battery. Now, if the power light was off, too, you'd probably be looking at a bad Analog/Video board, and those puppies weigh in at about $100 a pop.
Tony Isbell wrote: > My son was playing with a Tonka Construciton CD, when the iMac froze and > gave us a "bomb" error message something like "System Error TCAP" which > looked strange to me, but what the hey. > > I had to force restart, then I went about some other chores. When I returned > to the iMac, the power button was on (green) but the screen was black, like > it was off or asleep. It is NOT set to sleep. Punching keys and moving the > mouse didn't help. Again I had to force restart and when it came back,the > same thing happened. It sounds like the hard disk is spinning,but there is > no tone when it restarts. I can't get it to turn off unless I unplug it. > Then when I plug it back in, the power button light comes on but the screen > remains black. -- herb schulsinger Member, Apple Consultants Network Macintosh Specialist, Baldwin Park USD 626-968-5342 Valinda, California -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
