On Oct 29, 2011, at 2:50 PM, Wolfman wrote: > Someone gave me an iMac G5. It is in very good condition but it has > trouble booting up. When I hit the power button, it chimes, the large > grey apple icon appears, and the small pinwheel is spinning but that > is as far as it goes as it does not boot up to the desktop. I put in > a Mac OS Tiger operating install disk thinking it would switch to that > instead but no luck. Any ideas? >
I think that G5 needs a special Tiger version to boot. Whats the model # of the iMac? But you can try safe boot by holding the shift key while booting. John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA MacPro 2.66 Quad Nehalem -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
