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iMac G4 Help Needed!
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<blockquote data-quote="dtravis7" data-source="post: 1260697" data-attributes="member: 8287"><p>First off, it's booting to the 1st boot screen with just the Apple then moving on to the 2nd with the spinning circle.</p><p></p><p>Second, that box you held up is Snow Leopard and not Leopard. Snow Leopard is INTEL ONLY! Your machine a G4 which is a Power PC CPU. Snow Leopard will NOT run on a Power PC CPU. Is that the only OSX DVD that came with the machine? I am shocked it even gets that far in the boot.</p><p></p><p>Depending on the model iMac, you need either Leopard (If it's a G4 867 Mhz or higher), or if it's an older and slower G4, you need Tiger.</p><p></p><p>Can you look on the base and see if you can find the label with the Specs? Tell us the CPU. Can you take a close up picture of the DVD and also the Box you held in that video?</p><p></p><p>There is no way you can ever boot on that Power PC from the Snow leopard DVD.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtravis7, post: 1260697, member: 8287"] First off, it's booting to the 1st boot screen with just the Apple then moving on to the 2nd with the spinning circle. Second, that box you held up is Snow Leopard and not Leopard. Snow Leopard is INTEL ONLY! Your machine a G4 which is a Power PC CPU. Snow Leopard will NOT run on a Power PC CPU. Is that the only OSX DVD that came with the machine? I am shocked it even gets that far in the boot. Depending on the model iMac, you need either Leopard (If it's a G4 867 Mhz or higher), or if it's an older and slower G4, you need Tiger. Can you look on the base and see if you can find the label with the Specs? Tell us the CPU. Can you take a close up picture of the DVD and also the Box you held in that video? There is no way you can ever boot on that Power PC from the Snow leopard DVD. [/QUOTE]
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