I tried this procedure on my Quadra 610 and it briefly worked. I got the smiling mac face and the hard drive was working and then the screen went blank and then it came on again with a question mark in the symbol of a floppy disk.
I also tried it on my iMac but it didn't do anything. Doug _____ From: imaclist@googlegroups.com [mailto:imacl...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of cocc...@aol.com Sent: August 26, 2009 6:18 AM To: imaclist@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iMac problems Doug wrote: >When I start it up now all I get is an icon that blinks question >mark followed by a Mac symbol followed by a question mark over and >over. > The first thing I would do, *especially* if we're talking about an original tray-loading Imac 233/233/333mz machine, is zap the PRAM. Especially if the machine has been unplugged for a spell... 1. Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4. 2. Turn on the computer. 3. Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears. 4. Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time. 5. Release the keys. Craig W. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
