After listening more closely, it sounds like it my be the hard drive. Because when I shut down the iMac it souds like something spinning down. I reset the pram but when I tried to restart the computer, the Apple icon briefly shows and then a circle w/slash icon appears and stays that way and does not boot up.
On Nov 25, 10:31 pm, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote: > On Nov 25, 2009, at 6:51 PM, Wolfman wrote: > > > I have this G3 400 MHz iMac slot load computer. I paid a few bucks > > for it and I made the mistake of meeting the seller and not actually > > seeing the computer run but I was assured it was OK. I have had lots > > of iMacs but I have never heard one with such a loud buzzing noise > > that appears to be coming from the back of the machine. Bad CRT or > > power supply? I have no real what idea what is going on. It boots up > > fine and I can see all the files so I am pretty sure it is not the > > hard drive making this noise. Any ideas > > Is it a 60hz hum? Might be a bad flyback transformer. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and 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 leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
