Well, this is getting weird. I was looking at the jumpers on the bad HDD and I found a jumper that made the drive show up as a 32 GB drive (there is a diagram on the drive). So, I pulled it out and now it's showing up as a 80 GB drive! So, I installed it back into the iMac and I put my iBook running 10.2 in target disk mode and I got the iMac to boot onto the iBook's HDD! It is working fine like this (I'm typing this out using the iMac!). I still don't know why it doesn't want to boot onto a CD though (I checked the disk drive and it was able to import music to iTunes).
coloradodreaming wrote: > you don't have to head over there if you don't want to, just google > jumper settings on your brand of hard drive, you should get a hit on a > PDF at least. then you can use tweezers to pull off the jumper pin and > reseat it in the proper alignment, if it needs to be set differently > > Steve > On Aug 22, 2010, at 9:33 AM, Alex Barnes wrote: > > > I haven't even thought of a bad RAM stick being the problem! As for > > the base, I'm pretty shure I'm putting the base together correctly > > (I'll admit that I have no idea what Apple was thinking when they > > designed the guts of the computer). I have checked the heatsink and I > > think it's on as good as it will ever be. I'm taking the HDD to > > Compusa to get the jumpers changed. > > > > coloradodreaming wrote: > >> I have a 1.25 17" that I have worked on quite often. I know that it > >> can be a tricky situation to re-seat the base onto the bottom...are > >> you sure the pins are aligned with the ports correctly? you can also > >> check to see if there is any cabling that was caught when > >> reassembling > >> and has been frayed or pinched. Also keep in mind that the heatsink > >> will need to have good contact to prevent any issues. When installing > >> the HHDs have you double-checked the connections between the drive > >> and > >> the HHD? one last point that comes to mind is the fact you may have a > >> bad stick of ram...seems like an unrelated issue but I have had bad > >> sticks give me all manner of issues. Oh, that reminds me of one more > >> thing ... I had a bad Airport card screw up downloads before too, > >> weird stuff > >> > >> Steve > >> On Aug 22, 2010, at 5:47 AM, Jason Trunzo wrote: > >> > >>> Thats unusual all right. The real deal here is that we've got to > >>> get the iMac to boot from somewhere so we can diagnose the drive. > >>> Do you have another working PowerPC mac with firewire in your > >>> house? You can put that mac in target disc mode and then use it as a > >>> boot drive. Alternately, you can put the iMac in target disc mode > >>> and connect it to a working mac to run disk utility and attempt to > >>> diagnose the problem. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Aug 22, 2010, at 12:51 AM, Alex Barnes wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> I have tried that before. Unfouruntely the iMac freezes in the > >>> middle > >>> of the boot but only when I'm using the bad HDD even though I'm > >>> booting it off a CD. It freezes when it shows a happy Mac or when > >>> the > >>> grey apple comes up. > >>> Jason Trunzo wrote: > >>>> The reason we want you to do this is two fold. First to see the mac > >>>> thru a successful bootup. Second so you can run disc utility on > >>>> your > >>>> drive from the installer cd to attempt to repair the drive. Or > >>>> simply > >>>> reinstall the os. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> DON'T PANIC! > >>>> Sent from my Electronic Thumb > >>>> > >>>> On Aug 21, 2010, at 7:01 PM, Gary Fortman <gfort...@isd.net> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hard drives have configurations for slave or master depending on > >>>>> if > >>>>> they are the boot drive or a secondary drive. > >>>>> > >>>>> Sent from my iPhone > >>>>> > >>>>> On Aug 21, 2010, at 5:26 PM, Alex Barnes <kab...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> What's that? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Tom Venney wrote: > >>>>>>> Is the HD set for Cable Select? > >>>>>>> On Aug 21, 2010, at 3:22 PM, Alex Barnes wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> It won't it just freezes in the middle of the boot and that's > >>>>>>>> when I > >>>>>>>> using the bad HDD when I'm using the good ones it won't get > >>>>>>>> past > >>>>>>>> the > >>>>>>>> folder with a question mark. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Jack Suggs wrote: > >>>>>>>>> Will it boot with an OS installer CD in the drive? > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Hold down the C key to start from a bootable disc (DVD, CD) > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Alex Barnes <kab...@gmail.com > >>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> I am reposting this because the old post I made got > >>>>>>>>>> sidetracked > >>>>>>>>>> and I > >>>>>>>>>> could not get an answer. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> I have an iMac G4 that will not boot past the folder with a > >>>>>>>>>> question > >>>>>>>>>> mark. I have tried this using 3 different HDDs and the only > >>>>>>>>>> one > >>>>>>>>>> that I > >>>>>>>>>> can get to boot any farther is a bad HDD (it's also the only > >>>>>>>>>> HDD > >>>>>>>>>> that > >>>>>>>>>> any of my computers will recognize). I have tried booting the > >>>>>>>>>> computer > >>>>>>>>>> using Mac OS 9, 10.1, 10.2, and Debian Linux. All stop in the > >>>>>>>>>> middle > >>>>>>>>>> of the boot. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> - > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Tom Venney > >>>>>>> tven...@cablespeed.com > >>>>>>> Have Radio will Travel > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> 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 > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 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 > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 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 > > > > -- > > 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 -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. 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