Hi Nick, Could the tick, tick, tick be coming from the hard disk? It sounds rather like a disk failure to me. I've had a couple go in various machines, though no macs. I'm not sure what an iMac would do in those circumstances though.
A good way to check would be to pull the drive cable off the logic board. In that case it will show a system folder icon with a question mark. I have plenty of spares for G3 iMacs so if you need anything, contact me off-list. Cheers. Andy. On Saturday 19 Nov 2005 11:30, nhc_design2004 wrote: > Hi Listers > > A blue and white G3 iMac, about 4 years old, previously working quite > normally, now refuses to start up and is displaying the following symptoms: > > No sound on pressing button to startup, sometimes a quiet tick, tick, tick > can be heard but not every time. No chimes of death or anything like that. > > No screen raster. > > Holding the startup button for about 30 seconds with cause the light in the > button to flash once, then the machine returns to its 'dead' state. > > Any ideas? > > TIA > > Nick > > (Digest Mode) -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
