Depending upon what happened on the power side ( power surge, lightning
strike, power shortage, blown fuse, demonic possession) the monitor may
have blown. You might have to lug it to a technician for testing and
verification of exactly what occurred and a determination of what, if
anything can be done. Depending upon what your personal economic
situation is, as this particular model is selling for about $40 -- it
might be cheaper to just buy another imac g3 and this time pitch some
cash for an APC UPS; ie. and Uninterruptible Power Supply from American
Power Company. Of course, the purpose is for the UPS to be in-between
any and all power connections, phone lines (and any other device)
electrically connected to your computer in any way -- this includes
printers, routers, etc. By the way, a USB connection IS a power
connection; so if the USB is not running through the UPS first it
remains possible for a surge to run from that device and ruin your
computer.
A lot of things are not supposed to happen but do; I keep hearing about
something called "common sense", however I merely keep discovering how
common, nonsense really is instead.
I know it sounds ridiculous, but when you consider what you are paying
a tech for. In NYC it's about $100 just to get a tech to look at
anything plus another 50 (not including time) to test the thing if the
computer is NOT under warranty. Under those prices or when it is
necessary that other expenditures are more important -- like rent or
food -- ridiculous choices become common sense. I remember one story
where someone lost everything but kept a web presence by running his
laptop from solar power from a beach until collection agents tracked
him down. Yep, they took the laptop. So hopefully, you prioritize
better than that fellow.
Best wishes....
On Aug 27, 2005, at 3:12 AM, steve s wrote:
Hello
I was installing YDL 4 on a an imac and lost power to the machine
while it was installing packages. Now when I try to start the install
again the machine starts up with the sound but the monitor doesn't
show anything and holding the C button down doesnt make it boot from
the CD drive. It just starts and shuts down. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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