Sounds like a dirty floppy drive to me. Try cleaning the drive, if you have one of those drive cleaning floppies you can try using that--has worked wonders for me with some compact macs and their dirty floppy drives.
On 4/16/10, Alex Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok this is getting weirder and weirder! I put an install disk in > (don't ask me which system) and the computer showed a happy mac then > about 5 seconds later it spit the disk out and showed the floppy disk > with a question mark. I'll order another PRAM battery because the one > I replaced the old one with I pulled from an iMac G4 with it's own set > of problems. > > On Apr 16, 4:01 pm, [email protected] wrote: >> Have a 475 starting without one, but it needs a few minutes and a restart. >> >> >I'll try the com-opt-p-r command as soon as I get my keyboard. The >> >computer will not boot onto any floppy disk I put into it although I >> >do feel the hard disk spinning up when I turn it on. >> >> >On Apr 16, 8:01 am, Manuel Marques <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My LCIII's usually work fine without a PRAM battery, so the drive >> >> issue might not be related to the lack of a PRAM battery! >> >> -- >> ----- >> You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs >> group. >> The list FAQ is athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtmland our >> netiquette guide is athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To leave this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs >> >> Support for older Macs:http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- Best Regards, John Musbach -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
