Re: iMac G3 won't boot

2009-10-07 Thread Dan
At 5:58 AM -0400 10/6/2009, Lawrence David Eden wrote: >[400-MHz] iMac G3 with 1 GB RAM running 10.4.11 Nice iMac. >The Mac takes a long time to get rid of the spinning circlethen >appears to load the OS. The spinning gear is part of the OS load - first it sniffs up the machines configurat

Re: iMac G3 won't boot

2009-10-06 Thread Lawrence David Eden
Hey Larry, >Does it just seem to take a very long time to boot or it doesn't >boot at all??? Also what it the processer speed??? I had this >problem with a 366 G3 Clamshell iBook and it was running Panther >10.3.9 so I down graded it to Jaguar 10.2.8 and the problem went >away... Now I kno

Re: iMac G3 won't boot

2009-10-06 Thread Richard Gerome
the proc speed and I would always max the memory!!! CoolKat -Original Message- >From: Lawrence David Eden >Sent: Oct 6, 2009 5:58 AM >To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com >Subject: iMac G3 won't boot > > >iMac G3 with 1 GB RAM running 10.4.11 > > > >The Ma

RE: iMac G3 won't boot

2009-10-06 Thread Stewie de Young
Is it the original hard drive ? If it is , it is past its used by date and maybe due for retirement. Stewie > Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 05:58:45 -0400 > To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > From: lde...@comcast.net > Subject: iMac G3 won't boot > > > iMac G3 wit

Re: iMac G3 won't boot

2009-10-06 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 6, 2009, at 4:58 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: > Any advice, fellow Listers? Safe Boot by holding the Shift key at startup. If it gets to the login screen, just restart and it should be OK. If it doesn't get to the login screen, reboot and hold the Cmd-v keys for the verbose boot d

iMac G3 won't boot

2009-10-06 Thread Lawrence David Eden
iMac G3 with 1 GB RAM running 10.4.11 The Mac takes a long time to get rid of the spinning circlethen appears to load the OS. However, before the task is completed and I can see the desktop, the Mac stops, leaving me with a blue screen. DiskWarrior found some issues and repaired them,