Thanks Paul, I was going to try target mode when I get a moment to see if there's any life at all in the thing. Good point you make about wiping the drive before dumping too.
Phil -- Phil Ward Skype: aphilw E: [email protected] W: www.philward.biz W: http://soundcloud.com/philberish W: www.thegalleons.com W: http://thegalleons.bandcamp.com/album/the-galleons W: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-galleons/id520549816 • Freelance writer and product designer. • Exclusive UK distributor for Veillette Guitars. www.veilletteguitars.com. • Consultant Designer of the Acoustic Energy AE22 nearfield monitor. • Contributor to Sound on Sound magazine. On 6 Jun 2012, at 14:43, Paul Owen wrote: > Hi Phil, > > Suggest you try connecting to another Mac with ‘Target Disk Mode’ using a > Firewire cable (restart holding down the “T” key). > > This would enable you to tell if it’s just the screen that has blown or > something more serious. If it is just the screen and you decide to buy a new > iMac at least you will be able to wipe the hard disk clean before your dump > it. > > Paul Owen > > > From: Phil Ward <[email protected]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:19:01 +0100 > To: SMUG <[email protected]> > Subject: [sussex_mug] Dead iMac > > All, > > My daughter's elderly Intel 17" iMac has died. Switching on results in no > start-up chime, minimal hard-disk activity and a completely dark screen – the > only sign of life is a glowing "on" light. I'm kind of assuming this is an > irrecoverable hardware failure and the thing needs to head for re-cycling, > but I thought I'd see what SMUG thinks just in case I'm missing something. > > Phil > > > -- > Phil Ward > Skype: aphilw > E: [email protected] > W: www.philward.biz <http://www.philward.biz> > W: http://soundcloud.com/philberish > W: www.thegalleons.com <http://www.thegalleons.com> > W: http://thegalleons.bandcamp.com/album/the-galleons > W: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-galleons/id520549816 > > • Freelance writer and product designer. > • Exclusive UK distributor for Veillette Guitars. www.veilletteguitars.com > <http://www.veilletteguitars.com> . > • Consultant Designer of the Acoustic Energy AE22 nearfield monitor. > • Contributor to Sound on Sound magazine. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
