You may not need a new drive. You're going to need to open up the mac, and reseat the power and IDE connectors for the drive. Check for burst capacitors. eMacs have an issues with capacitors on the drive controller.
On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Jake Lumpkin <[email protected]>wrote: > Dylan, > > I tried holding down option and turning it on. The only volume that came > up was my hard drive. Dies this mean that I need a new super drive? I tried > it with two different install disks and neither would show up. > > Jake > > On Dec 30, 2011 11:50 PM, "Dylan McDermond" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Dec 30, 2011, at 8:33 PM, Jake Lumpkin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I put in the CD for Tiger and restarted. I've tried holding the "C" > key, and also pressing ALT+OPTION+SHIFT+DELETE too. Neither have made it > boot to CD > > > > The eMac is a "new world" Mac so ctrl cmnd shift del won't work. Try > holding down Option before the "bong" and continue to hold it until you get > a blue screen. It should look for any bootable volumes and allow you to > choose which one to boot from. If your Tiger install DVD is in the drive > (and your drive is a Combo or SuperDrive) the Tiger DVD should be listed. > > > > > I apologize if my macs not old enough to put in this group > > > > I don't know if there is an official cut off point but it seems to cover > anything "old world" with an emphasis on pre-PowerPC Macs (with Motorola > 68k series processors). > > > > Have fun with your "new" eMac! > > > > - Dylan > > > > -- > > ----- > > 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/ > > -- > ----- > 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/ > -- Sincerely: Camden Stensland, A+ Technician, CCNA, MCP .CAM Computer Services Founder/President/Technician Ph: 206.769.4585 Alt: 206.632.4176 [email protected] -- ----- 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/
