Re: iMac (Flat Panel) not recognizing any drives

2018-04-10 Thread 'Juergen Grieb' via iMac Group
I removed the ssd from the iMac, put it in an external usb case and testet it on another Mac. The drive is still ok. When I connect the external case to the iMac and fire up the boot manager, still no disk shown there. It could be the IDE controller is wonky. I had that happen in an iBook. >

Re: iMac (Flat Panel) not recognizing any drives

2018-04-10 Thread 'Juergen Grieb' via iMac Group
There is no coin battery on the main board. Only the "standard" 3.6 V one, replaced that, but no change. Do I have to remove anything from the mainboard to find the coin battery? MacTracker also only lists the 3.6 V battery. Check to see if it has a CK2032(Silver coin battery) Battery on the >

iMac (Flat Panel) not recognizing any drives

2018-04-09 Thread 'Juergen Grieb' via iMac Group
Hi, I have an iMac (Flat Panel) from 2002 (aka The Lamp). Bought it some years ago and replaced the hard disk with an SSD. It was working fine the last time I used it. But I haven't been using it from quite some time. Last boot up was 2-3 years ago. When I try to boot it now, it just won't. I