Re: dim screen on G4/1.0

2008-10-29 Thread schrödinger's cat
thanks for the replies. tried to boot from original OS discs (jaguar), from the hdwe test disc, and from the leopard disc. machine insists on booting from HD. i've tinkered my fair share inside towers, but i've never opened an imac up. how difficult is it to get to the HD and the PRAM battery?

Re: dim screen on G4/1.0

2008-10-29 Thread coloradodreaming
On Oct 24, 2008, at 9:00 PM, schrödinger's cat wrote: thanks for the replies. tried to boot from original OS discs (jaguar), from the hdwe test disc, and from the leopard disc. machine insists on booting from HD. i've tinkered my fair share inside towers, but i've never opened an imac

dim screen on G4/1.0

2008-10-23 Thread schrödinger's cat
hi folks, newbie to this list, so please forgive me if this topic has already been discussed. a friend asked me to help fix her imac. it is a 17 G4/1.0 model, and here is the problem. she had either 10.2 or 10.3 installed, she doesn't remember which. she bought 10.5 and installed it as an