Re: Dead HDD?

2015-12-25 Thread Thomas Fritsch
i tried to load the AHT Image for the Snow White iMac and all i get is a flashing blue globe Icon before it goes to the old OS9 flashing Folder icon then it boots into OSX On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 12:17 AM, Google wrote: > Practically nothing is interchangeable between an early tray-loader and a

Re: Dead HDD?

2015-12-24 Thread Google
Practically nothing is interchangeable between an early tray-loader and a slot-loader, except the hard drive. But you’ll find that out. :^) Jim > On Dec 24, 2015, at 8:03 PM, Thomas Fritsch wrote: > > Aaaactually. i Do. pulled a board from a bustedscreen G3-233, (blue first gen > slot loading

Re: Dead HDD?

2015-12-24 Thread Thomas Fritsch
Aaaactually. i Do. pulled a board from a bustedscreen G3-233, (blue first gen slot loading) the one thatwe're discusing here is a "Snow White G3-600" On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 10:32 PM, Google wrote: > So try installing OS X from a cold start with the ethernet cable > disconnected. If it loads wit

Re: Dead HDD?

2015-12-24 Thread Google
So try installing OS X from a cold start with the ethernet cable disconnected. If it loads without a problem, then you’ve got a bad ethernet port or a crossed circuit or somesuch in your logic board. If that were my iMac, I’d take it apart to see if there’s anything in there that could be brid

Re: Dead HDD?

2015-12-24 Thread Thomas Fritsch
oddly yea but i think i narrowed it to something i tried this morning to start it w/o the network cableleft idle for 2hrs came back.. no freeze, connect it , it locks up within seconds tried again 3 times start up w/o power wait a few connect to encounter freezing, On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 8:00 PM,

Re: Dead HDD?

2015-12-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
If the RAM and HDD’s were bad, I doubt you would get as far as you get; after all, the Finder is running at that point if nothing else. Have you tried logging in as a different user? If the problem is something in your user profile, you can re-install OSX from now until the heat death of the un

Re: Dead HDD?

2015-12-24 Thread Thomas Fritsch
i managed to find a spare hdd now unless i got THAT unlucky that its bad too, i'm right back at the orginal issue (apps bounce but no open/freeze up) i tested the ram but im Still thinking thier faulty and i dont have any pcs to run a ramtest on. unless hdd + ram's bad i'm curious just how far i

Re: Dead HDD?

2015-12-22 Thread Thomas Fritsch
update: redid the partitions. OS9 went fine but OSX fails every time on "Installing Base System Part 1" so im pretty much sure now the drives toast. On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Thomas Fritsch wrote: > i cant afford a Disc copy of DW, and yea it froze again for the 3rd time > on the Catal

Re: Dead HDD?

2015-12-22 Thread Thomas Fritsch
i cant afford a Disc copy of DW, and yea it froze again for the 3rd time on the Catalouge File in the OSX Installer's Disk Utility. i'm not super bummed as the partitions are fresh so not much data outside the CallUp script i was using to make the dialup connection work. was on either partition.

Re: Dead HDD?

2015-12-22 Thread Google
> On Dec 22, 2015, at 7:04 PM, Ryan Waldon wrote: > > On 22.December 2015 at 21:11:44 , Xion Dracari (xiondrac...@gmail.com) wrote: >> Most likely but i wanted to get a opnion, >> >> yesterday i had to rush to shut it off as we had storm here and i didnt have >> it on surge protector, i had to

Re: Dead HDD?

2015-12-22 Thread Ryan Waldon
On 22.December 2015 at 21:11:44 , Xion Dracari (xiondrac...@gmail.com) wrote: Most likely but i wanted to get a opnion, yesterday i had to rush to shut it off as we had storm here and i didnt have it on surge protector, i had to flat out pull the cable (a few moments later luckily i did as power

Dead HDD?

2015-12-22 Thread Xion Dracari
Most likely but i wanted to get a opnion, yesterday i had to rush to shut it off as we had storm here and i didnt have it on surge protector, i had to flat out pull the cable (a few moments later luckily i did as power went out and the Breaker tripped in teh main room) i turned it on today as