I'd put the drive in a external hardrive case plug it into another computer and pull everything important off the drive. Then I'd start experimenting.
Mark On Nov 16, 2014 11:36 AM, "Brandon Nichols" <brandonnicho...@hotmail.com> wrote: > The Hard drive is not the issue. If it was, the iMac would still power on. > It just wouldn't boot past a blinking file folder with a question mark. > Best of luck!! > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 10:10:05 -0800 > From: kp8...@gmail.com > To: imaclist@googlegroups.com > Subject: Switching hard drive from one g3 imac to another > > Hello, > > I am new to the group, and happy to find others with older imac's. > > I have a G3 and it no longer will power up. This has been coming on for a > while,as it was more& more difficult over the past several weeks to get it > powered up. Now, it won't power up at all, just a split second of light > when the power button is pushed. My best guess is the power supply is the > problem. I'm afraid to try to use the install or restore CD in case I put > it into the CD slot, and with no power, can't get it back. > > I found another imac which I believe is a g3 and wonder if I could have > the power supply of the working one moved to my imac, or could I have my > hard drive switched to the working imac. If the working imac is not the > exact same model, would the HD's be compatible? > > I only use this computer for a specific purpose, and so no need or desire > to update hardware or software. > > Are either of these options workable, and what would be preferable? I hope > to be sure that buying the imac is worthwhile in time and effort. Thanks > for any advice you may have. > > kay priest > > -- > -- > 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. > -- -- 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.
