If it won't boot off cd the drive itself may be dying or dead. If you don't have an external cd and another disk then you may just be stuck.
From: [email protected] Subject: Re: Powermac's won't boot of cd's, general stuff doesn't work Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 21:21:24 -0800 To: [email protected] KK6ISPYet another designated driver on the information super highway. On Feb 13, 2014, at 8:35 PM, Charles Lenington <[email protected]> wrote: On 2/13/14 9:07 PM, Jordan Reidsma wrote: The 6500 still will not boot from the CD. It did once, but hung at start up then gave me a weird error and restarted. It now give the floppy symbol with a ? on it flashing whenever hold DOCS down. On Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:40:51 PM UTC-5, Jordan Reidsma wrote: try cleaning the cdrom drive as old as it is the dust bunnies may be in charge. - compressed air anf drive cleaning disk. And disconnect then reconnect the data and power cables to the drive. And if anything is on the same IDE cable as the CD drive disconnect it. -- -- ----- 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 subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- ----- 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 subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
