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iMac G3 Troubles...
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<blockquote data-quote="MacDude121" data-source="post: 1274778" data-attributes="member: 173432"><p>Have you tried any different disks? Does the drive spin up at all or is it just dead? I think you may have bought Machine specific OS 8.2 system disks, that will not work with your iMac.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully your firmware is up to date, you can check this by restarting and holding the Apple+Option+O+F keys while booting. This will bring you into open firmware, if it says 4.1.9 your firmware is up to date.</p><p></p><p>If your firmware is updated, I'd recommend picking up some OS X disks, either 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3 are all FAR more capable than OS 8.1 or OS 9.2.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacDude121, post: 1274778, member: 173432"] Have you tried any different disks? Does the drive spin up at all or is it just dead? I think you may have bought Machine specific OS 8.2 system disks, that will not work with your iMac. Hopefully your firmware is up to date, you can check this by restarting and holding the Apple+Option+O+F keys while booting. This will bring you into open firmware, if it says 4.1.9 your firmware is up to date. If your firmware is updated, I'd recommend picking up some OS X disks, either 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3 are all FAR more capable than OS 8.1 or OS 9.2. [/QUOTE]
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