Yes its a 7600. And Yes i checked all the cables. And luckily I do have 2 hdd the 2nd one of which seems to work fine but has no files on it right now. I'm currently trying to find a cheap cdrom drive and OS9 disc.
Matt On 10/24/05, lovek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I have OS 7.5 on a CD. If I buy a new CD drive for this computer will > >it load 7.5 since I have this XLR8 card in it? Then could I download > >updates form apple to update it to OS 9? > > > >Matt > > yes there is a way to reinstall the os on the same disk as is your > data - you choose "create a new systemfolder" on the os 9 install > disk, but sometimes a bad system disk needs to be reformatted from > zero, > was it a 7600 ? or 8600 ? > how much ram do you have ? > does the xlr8 card have any software that it needs to be loaded > during startup ? > you could always try to load the 7.5 cd if its an install cd, I dont > know if I remember correctly but the first version of os 7.5 did not > work with the 7600 at all, it would state that the chosen startup > disk didnt work on that computer, and you needed to update from 7.5.3 > to 7.5.5 or so, before you would get that new system to startup. > so it depends on what is on your cd, > it may not be the fault of the cpu card if it doesnt do so. > > to have some ideas to play with > i would if my economy did not allow lots of tryouts > get an extra hd - a used one would be quite cheap, a > scsi and the same with the cdplayer, you mite be able to find > someone that will give it for free, or very little, > > did you open the computer and checked the cables and stuffs inside - > if it is a 7600 it is quite easy to take a peek inside, - the 8.600 > is quite another story > i am using a 7600 right now and its a great machine, i use it > aswell as a stereo player for my music collection and cds ! > why cant apple let 8.6 be a free os !???? > > LOveK > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >On 10/23/05, Jane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> If you mean by what is there, NO, that's not possible. You need a > >> disc. 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