At 10:00 AM -0800 1/30/2012, D. Fabel wrote:
I've got an iMac G3 400MHz that, when the DVD drive is connected,
will only boot to a tan colored screen. Disconnect the drive and it
works fine. Any ideas as to what the problem might be?
USB or Firewire drive?
Still happens after resetting the
That is quite interesting, I've never heard of it doing that. Do you have
another iMac that you can borrow a drive from to see if it's an iMac
problem or a drive problem?
Also, is there a disk in the drive?
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I've got an iMac G3 400MHz that, when the DVD drive is connected, will only
boot to a tan colored screen. Disconnect the drive and it works fine.
Any ideas as to what the problem might be?
Thanks,
Doug
Portland, OR
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On Jan 30, 2012, at 9:02 AM, Jean-Claude Touzin wrote:
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> The only external monitor would be an iMac G3 233...
> Is it possible to match the inside video connector of a G3 iMac to the one in
> the G5 iMac?
No. Check local thrift stores. craigslist or Freecycle in your in a city with a
freecy
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Bruce Johnson Jan 27 08:33AM -0700
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> B)Is the screen completely black? if yes, go to your Mac Store.
Shine a flashlight on the screen at an angle, if you can see your desktop then
the problem is the backlight or inverter.
If you still see nothing, then both the backlight a
G'day Madamkelly
I've sent you an off list email outlining (with attachments) how to determine
what model iMac you have.
In addition, sometimes videos won't play happily with quicktime without plug in
converters.
I suggest you download and install Perian and Flip4Mac. and see if they make a
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