Hey guys, I just stumbled upon this site and think it is great a resource.
Yesterday I found an Imac on street about to be thrown away. I took it home and turned it on. immediately after start up all I get is a flashing question mark. After searching the internet for solutions, I tried booting the imac with my OS X cd from my ibook g4. This didn't work. The computer recognized the cd, but when I doubled click on it, nothing happened. I assume the previous owner complete erased his hard drive
The Imac is model number 5521,
Specs G3, other specks i Don't know about
My question are:
1: Can G3 imacs run os x?
2: Why can the computer recognized the disk, yet when disk icon is clicked, nothing happens.
Look forward to your responses,
IMacUser
Yesterday I found an Imac on street about to be thrown away. I took it home and turned it on. immediately after start up all I get is a flashing question mark. After searching the internet for solutions, I tried booting the imac with my OS X cd from my ibook g4. This didn't work. The computer recognized the cd, but when I doubled click on it, nothing happened. I assume the previous owner complete erased his hard drive
The Imac is model number 5521,
Specs G3, other specks i Don't know about
My question are:
1: Can G3 imacs run os x?
2: Why can the computer recognized the disk, yet when disk icon is clicked, nothing happens.
Look forward to your responses,
IMacUser