Where are you located? I have the husk of a Bondi that gets a display and you can have for free if we can get it to you without any cost or problem.
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 7:15 AM, Aaron Parker<arp.par...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, absolutely. The limitation you are referring actually affects > installs that are not within the first 8GB of the partition. > > With that being the case though, that still couldn't be the problem. > I can consistently reproduce the following steps: > > 1.) Manually reset PRAM by removing battery for 10 minutes, then > pressing the power button on the CRT (with it unplugged). > 2.) Reset the CUDA > 3.) Reassemble and power one. The machine boots up normally into OS 9. > 4.) Shut down > 5.) Power back on. Machine emits the startup tone, but absolutely no > video on the screen (and an amber power light). The hard drive is > accessed pretty intensively during this period as if it was actually > still trying to boot up. > 6.) Repeat steps 1 - 5. :-) > > I've tried this at least 3 times with the same result each time. I've > found evidence that such an issue as the one I'm experiencing could > possibly be caused by a dead PRAM battery: > > http://www.geocities.com/texas_macman/pram.html > > If you look about halfway down, you'll see an entry for "Nothing on > display, OR no power at all". The first given solution is to reset > the PRAM, followed by resetting the CUDA (exactly what I'm doing). > The next given solution is replacing the battery, which I'm about to > do. :-) > > I've got a PRAM battery on order from OWC. Just after I placed the > order though I realized that I have the exact same battery in my > PowerMac G3. I'm going to swap that into the iMac today and see what > happens. Wish me luck! > > Aaron P. > > On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Gerald Uhlan<gerryu21...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Did you partition the new drive? The OS MUST reside entirely within the >> first 4 or 6 GB (I forget which) of physical disc space. >> >> On 7/25/09 8:12 PM, "Aaron Parker" <arp.par...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> I got a steal on an original Bondi Blue iMac G3 last week for $20 and >>> have been loving playing around with OS 9. It's been working >>> perfectly fine for the last week or so--no issues whatsoever. >>> >>> The 4GB hard drive was a little tight though, so I opted to throw an >>> extra 20GB drive in there this afternoon that I had lying around. The >>> install was a piece of cake. Unfortunately, I'm now having some very >>> odd video issues. >>> >>> After reassembling the computer, it fires up fine the first time. I >>> get the startup tone, normal video, and the computer boots up just >>> fine (I even got OS9 put back on after this initial boot). >>> Unfortunately, that's where the problems start. As soon as you shut >>> the machine down and restart, you then lose video until you manually >>> reset the PRAM and press the CUDA reset button on the mainboard. >>> >>> I've reproduced this exact scenario at least 3 times now and it works >>> the same way every time--reset the PRAM, reset the CUDA, machine >>> powers on normally, restart--no video. I'm still getting the startup >>> sound and it sounds as if the computer is booting up normally even >>> when I don't get video (lots of HD activity), it's just that I'm >>> getting a completely blank screen (with an amber light). >>> >>> Any ideas? Would a bad PRAM battery cause such issues? The >>> likelihood that it would just so happen to manifest itself after my >>> upgrade is suspect to me though. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Aaron >> >> >> >> > >> > > > > -- All the best, R.A. Cantrell --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
