Hello, My name is Thomas and I am new to this list. For starters I am a PC person who has recently acquired a sick Power Mac 5400/200 with the intention of setting it up for my Father to use for accessing the internet. Having said that it should be completely obvious that I don't have a clue how to fix this thing;) Basically what I have is a machine that was retired from a previous life which explains the word "Toss" written on top of it. Poor little Macintosh is just begging for some love which brings me here:)
Okay down to the nitty-gritty! When I power the Mac on I get a nice sound and then a disk with a question mark which eventually turns into a disk with a happy face. By this time the Mac locks up and there is no mouse control, etc., just a happy Mac in the center of the screen. I suppose this little guy could have gone out with a smile on but that doesn't seem likely and I'm guessing that there is a problem with the OS. Being a newb I have turned to the collective power of the i-net to get started and have discovered such things as "ctrl-command-start" to reboot and pressing C to boot from CD. Doing the latter nets nothing and the Mac goes through the question mark to happy face to lock up routine again. Any help, suggestions or on-line troubleshooting sources would be greatly appreciated? Regards, Thomas -- 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
