> From: "Gregory S. Aldrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [G] iMac needs reset button to boot > > Hi, > > I'm on the verge (today) of buying a G3 iMac for a > very good price, however the seller has told me: > > "The computer is fully functioning and this hasn't > affected the computer's performance for as long as Ive > had it....When powering on the computer nothing comes > up on the screen UNTIL you hit the restart button the > side of the machine. It does this everytime you try to > boot but, but after hitting the restart button the > computer powers up just fine. The machine is > completely restored and clean and like I said this > power up quirk does not, to my knowledge, affect > anything of the computer's performance." > > It's running OS9...would anyone know if updating the > firmware and installing Tiger could fix this, or is it > as I suspect a bad circuit on the logic board? If the > latter, is this a problem that will get progressively > worse, or if I am willing to live with it like that > will it perform normally and have a future? > > Thank you very much! > Greg
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