Re: 2008 imac won't start

2018-03-26 Thread 'John Carmonne' via iMac Group 

On Mar 26, 2018, at 6:17 PM, fishjoy...@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi all,
> My mom's 2008 iMac with Yosemite and 4 GB RAM will no longer start. (Sorry 
> that I don't more specs, but it won't start)
> When I push the power button, all I hear is a clicking sound near the optical 
> drive. No startup chime.
>  
> 
> The machine worked fine for about a week, but today when I tried to wake it, 
> I got a black and white checked screen. I had to force it to shut down, and 
> now it will not start again. I get the same clicking sound near the optical 
> drive. However, if I pull out one of the RAM cards, I can get a startup 
> chime, but I still have a black screen.
> 
> Any thoughts on this issue, or how to troubleshoot it?
> Thanks!
> Joe
> 

Sounds like video card to me.


John Carmonne
Yorba Linda CA
92886 USA
MacPro 2.66 Quad Nehalem






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Re: Digest for imaclist@googlegroups.com - 1 update in 1 topic

2018-03-26 Thread Patricia Lynch 
No. I have a Power iMac G4 also known as "snowball".

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 Patricia Lynch, you have a G3 iMac 'Snow', yes?
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2008 imac won't start

2018-03-26 Thread fishjoyner 
Hi all,
My mom's 2008 iMac with Yosemite and 4 GB RAM will no longer start. (Sorry 
that I don't more specs, but it won't start)
When I push the power button, all I hear is a clicking sound near the 
optical drive. No startup chime.

What I have tried:
If I unplug the machine, and remove the two 2GB RAM cards and then try to 
start, I get the "no RAM present" tone.
If I then unplug it,  put one of the RAM cards in, and then push the power 
button, I hear the startup chime, but the screen is dark. 

I have tried booting from a flash drive with Yosemite, and booting from the 
AHT disk, but to no avail. 

The same thing happened last week, and I kept swapping RAM cards out with 
some old 1 GB RAM cards from a previous machine. Somehow, it eventually 
started and the screen came on. 
I was able to run the Apple Hardware Test, which gave this error: 
4MOT/2/4004:HDD -1392, and a subsequent running of the AHT gave the 
same error, with -1384 at the end.

After searching the internet, some folks said that the error was a HD fan 
error. Some suggesting vacuuming as much dust out as possible, which I did. 
Then I ran the AHT again, and it found no errors. 
I also ran Disk Utility, which found and corrected permissions errors. It 
did not indicate other problems. 

The machine worked fine for about a week, but today when I tried to wake 
it, I got a black and white checked screen. I had to force it to shut down, 
and now it will not start again. I get the same clicking sound near the 
optical drive. However, if I pull out one of the RAM cards, I can get a 
startup chime, but I still have a black screen.

Any thoughts on this issue, or how to troubleshoot it?
Thanks!
Joe

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Re: iMac G4 700MHz

2018-03-26 Thread Deiniol ap Deiniol 
No Jack, she said she has a G4 iMac; that's the one with the guts in a 
hemisphere and the integral monitor on a stalk!  Also known as the flat 
panel iMac (or the Anglepoise!)

I do have two of these, (which still work)  but unfortunately I do not know 
why she has been unable to upgrade it to 10.4 11. Possibly a firmware 
issue, although MacTracker does not list a firmware update.
Patricia do you have the original 10.4 install disc? Doing a clean install 
from this disc may work? Possibly  a PRAM reset (using 4 fingers press down 
alt, command, p and r keys together before the 'BONG" sound when booting 
may help.
I'm sure someone on this list may have more knowledge of this machine's 
foibles. 

Dan, (sent from my MacPro 3.1!
On Saturday, March 24, 2018 at 8:30:29 PM UTC, Patricia Lynch wrote:
>
> I know this computer is very old (snowball), but I just need one for my 
> autistic grandson to use in his room. I just wanted to get him on-line and 
> off my computer watching Barney. So, I started installing updates to get to 
> Mac OS X 10.4.11 and use TenForFox, or at least try to get him on Youtube. 
> Everything went well until the 10.4.3 update, then black screen and cursor 
> only after start-up. I had previously used the 10.4.2 combo update. Tried 
> to start in "safe mode" but things got worse. Now it won't complete the 
> boot and just shuts down. Is there anything I can do to fix this? I feel 
> like I really got close and I just don't want to give up just yet. Any 
> ideas?
>

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Re: Digest for imaclist@googlegroups.com - 1 update in 1 topic

2018-03-26 Thread Deiniol ap Deiniol 
No Jack, she said she has a G4 iMac; that's the one with the guts in a
hemisphere and the integral monitor on a stalk!  Also known as the flat
panel iMac (or the Anglepoise!)

I do have two of these, (which still work)  but unfortunately I do not know
why she has been unable to upgrade it to 10.4 11. Possibly a firmware
issue, although MacTracker does not list a firmware update.
Patricia do you have the original 10.4 install disc? Doing a clean install
from this disc may work? Possibly  a PRAM reset (using 4 fingers press down
alt, command, p and r keys together before the 'BONG" sound when booting
may help.
I'm sure someone on this list may have more knowledge of this machine's
foibles.

Dan, (sent from my MacPro 3.1!)

On 25 March 2018 at 23:40, Jack Suggs  wrote:

>  Patricia Lynch, you have a G3 iMac 'Snow', yes?
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