Re: iMac G5 issue with DVD Drive

2012-06-04 Thread Drew Alleman
:34:45 PM UTC-7, Drew Alleman wrote: I have a second hand 20 inch G5 iMac that I am working on. When ever I install the DVD drive into the machine it refuses to boot. Does this mean a bad motherboard? If not what dos it mean? -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac

iMac G5 issue with DVD Drive

2012-06-03 Thread Drew Alleman
I have a second hand 20 inch G5 iMac that I am working on. When ever I install the DVD drive into the machine it refuses to boot. Does this mean a bad motherboard? If not what dos it mean? -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple

Re: iMac G5 issue with DVD Drive

2012-06-03 Thread Drew Alleman
I put a hard drive in it that already had a OS on it (10.5) and it boots when the Superdrive is not installed. When I install the Superdrive the light on the front turns on but nothing else. On Jun 3, 2012, at 2:44 PM, Christopher Satterfield wrote: Are you trying to boot a OS disk or just a