I wonder if the Apple store might help ? Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 25, 2018, at 7:34 PM, Deiniol ap Deiniol > <autolycus.mercat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > No Jack, she said she has a G4 iMac; that's the one with the guts in a > hemisphere and the integral monitor on a stalk! Also known as the flat panel > iMac (or the Anglepoise!) > > I do have two of these, (which still work) but unfortunately I do not know > why she has been unable to upgrade it to 10.4 11. Possibly a firmware issue, > although MacTracker does not list a firmware update. > Patricia do you have the original 10.4 install disc? Doing a clean install > from this disc may work? Possibly a PRAM reset (using 4 fingers press down > alt, command, p and r keys together before the 'BONG" sound when booting may > help. > I'm sure someone on this list may have more knowledge of this machine's > foibles. > > Dan, (sent from my MacPro 3.1! >> On Saturday, March 24, 2018 at 8:30:29 PM UTC, Patricia Lynch wrote: >> I know this computer is very old (snowball), but I just need one for my >> autistic grandson to use in his room. I just wanted to get him on-line and >> off my computer watching Barney. So, I started installing updates to get to >> Mac OS X 10.4.11 and use TenForFox, or at least try to get him on Youtube. >> Everything went well until the 10.4.3 update, then black screen and cursor >> only after start-up. I had previously used the 10.4.2 combo update. Tried to >> start in "safe mode" but things got worse. Now it won't complete the boot >> and just shuts down. Is there anything I can do to fix this? I feel like I >> really got close and I just don't want to give up just yet. Any ideas? > > -- > 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 subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
