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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
1st Gen iMac Hard Drive Replacement Problem
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<blockquote data-quote="technologist" data-source="post: 59818" data-attributes="member: 4134"><p>I'd look at two things: either 1) the CD-ROM drive is dead, as you suspect, or 2) The Software Restore CD you're using is not the right one for that machine (older version.)</p><p></p><p>If you've gotten as far in the boot process as the blinking "?", then I'd tend to discount the idea that the motherboard or RAM is faulty; by that point, the basic hardware tests have already run and passed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="technologist, post: 59818, member: 4134"] I'd look at two things: either 1) the CD-ROM drive is dead, as you suspect, or 2) The Software Restore CD you're using is not the right one for that machine (older version.) If you've gotten as far in the boot process as the blinking "?", then I'd tend to discount the idea that the motherboard or RAM is faulty; by that point, the basic hardware tests have already run and passed. [/QUOTE]
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