On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:59 AM, AndersFager wrote:
I'm trying to get this iMac G5 to start from an installer disc in
order to format the new drive. And now I have a black screen with a
little blinking white square in the upper left corner. It feels like
the damned thing has gone Win 3.0 on me.
capacitors being those little silo-like things? No, they look ok.
And everything runs nicely from the Installer CD and from a Disk
Warior CD. I'll get a new drive.
Anders
It is a 2005 iMac g5 (ALS). It should have 3 Phillips screws on the
bottom. If it does, open it and look for signs of
I'm trying to get this iMac G5 to start from an installer disc in
order to format the new drive. And now I have a black screen with a
little blinking white square in the upper left corner. It feels like
the damned thing has gone Win 3.0 on me. What can be done in this
enviroment?
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You received
This is one of the older ones. Pre-intel.
On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:59 AM, AndersFager wrote:
I'm trying to get this iMac G5 to start from an installer disc in
order to format the new drive. And now I have a black screen with a
little blinking white square in the upper left corner. It feels like
Gottick International wrote:
This is one of the older ones. Pre-intel.
All G5 computers are pre-intel.
Which G5 model is it?
On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:59 AM, AndersFager wrote:
I'm trying to get this iMac G5 to start from an installer disc in
order to format the new drive. And now I have a
Sorry. I wish I could tell you. powerMac 8.1 - is all that System
Info gives away. It has a 1.8hz processor. No built in camera. Does
that help? I can now get it to start on the Install Disc but it fails
to format the new drive in it. in/output error disk utiliity says.
Thanks for your
On Nov 7, 2010, at 10:44 AM, Gottick International wrote:
Sorry. I wish I could tell you. powerMac 8.1 - is all that System Info
gives away. It has a 1.8hz processor. No built in camera. Does that help? I
can now get it to start on the Install Disc but it fails to format the new
drive in
It is a 2005 iMac g5 (ALS). It should have 3 Phillips screws on the bottom. If
it does, open it and look for signs of leakage on the capacitors. Otherwise,
I'd say the hard drive is dead.
Mikeal Palulis
Kallisti Medias
On Nov 7, 2010, at 1:51 PM, Jim Scott jesco...@gmail.com wrote:
On
