At 8:19 AM -0800 29/11/11, Don Wakefield wrote:
I fear I have answered my own question as to whether I have a
hardware problem since I am unable to run the Apple Hardware Test at
all.
Upon inserting the original OS disk and restarting while holding down
the option key, my eMac will grind for a moment then fill the screen
with the options I would expect. In my case from left to right I get:
a Leopard button over a plain button with a circular arrow, next to
that I have a Tiger button at center left, next to that the Panther
CD start up disc in center right position, and the Apple Hardware
Test Button over a plain button with an arrow pointing right at the
farthest right section.
My mouse is showing up as a wristwatch with the hands revolving and
that is where I stay. The mouse will not select any button, no key
combo (tab, arrow, option everything etc) seems to be able to
highlight and select any icon, and there I sit. Even after waiting 10
minutes I am dead in the water.
Anybody have any suggestions?
Dan,
IIRC, the Apple Hardware Test for those eMacs (I have a 1 MHz
machine, but not running at the moment) and with most OS X versions,
was on a separate CD from the OS CD, and was not used in the manner
you described (booting into open firmware startup choice mode).
It was used by restarting the machine with the AHT CD in the drive
bay while holding down the C key. The AHT CD had its own OS which
started the machine in a very basic mode and ran the hardware tests.
You should also disconnect all non-apple peripherals or cards while
doing the test.
Don't recall if you said you had zapped PRAM and VRAM, but you don't
need to do those to start the SHT CD and run it.
Hope that helps.
M<
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