Doug wrote:
When I start it up now all I get is an icon that blinks question
mark followed by a Mac symbol followed by a question mark over and
over.
That indicates that no bootable system can be found. Perhaps your
hard drive has died, perhaps it has been corrupted, or perhaps the
drive
That sounds like a possible HDD error. Can you boot from your original
iMac DVD?
cjc
On 26/08/2009, at 10:11 AM, Doug wrote:
When I start it up now all I get is an icon that blinks question
mark followed by a Mac symbol followed by a question mark over and
over.
Doug
Jasiu wrote:
Another question. How do I get the hard drive out. I already have
the CD out but cant figure out how to get the HD out. Ok one more
question. How do you get the daughtercard out?
Here you go, this is from
http://www.macworld.com/article/2496/2001/10/howtoimac.html :
4:
Another question. How do I get the hard drive out. I already have
the CD out but cant figure out how to get the HD out. Ok one more
question. How do you get the daughtercard out?
On Aug 22, 11:22 am, Jasiu johnschiavone...@gmail.com wrote:
I have a 233MHZ G3 Imac running OS 9.2. I wanted
Doug wrote:
When I start it up now all I get is an icon that blinks question
mark followed by a Mac symbol followed by a question mark over and
over.
The first thing I would do, *especially* if we're talking about an original
tray-loading Imac 233/233/333mz machine, is zap the PRAM.?
1 - What is the best OS I should upgrade to and still keep the machine
running good? I've heard the OSX might slow it down alot. I have no
upgraded software (yet) btw.
2 - Can I keep the games that are currently installed on the hard
drive and xfer them to the new drive?
3 - I read that I need to
-Original Message-
Another question. How do I get the hard drive out. I already have
the CD out but cant figure out how to get the HD out. Ok one more
question. How do you get the daughtercard out?
I'm sure someone can send you instructions before I get home this evening
and
1. 10.4 runs surprisingly well on older Macs, but I would suggest 10.2
if you want to run OSX. That was Apple's first really stable X. It
really all depends on what you want to do on it. If you want to have
the features of later OSX's, then you might go with that. If you still
just want
I tried this procedure on my Quadra 610 and it briefly worked. I got the
smiling mac face and the hard drive was working and then the screen went
blank and then it came on again with a question mark in the symbol of a
floppy disk.
I also tried it on my iMac but it didn't do anything.
Doug
