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TreyPound · Nov 18, 2008

So I got a imac the ones with the whole set up inside the monitor the lady tells me it works fine so I get home hook it up to the net and nothing im hard wired and using comcast cable net and I have 5 other windows pc;s running the net fine. I also want to know if I can run os x on this prolly not it doesnt seem to have a huge hard drive. Any help will be great thanks

cradom · Nov 18, 2008

Would help if we knew exactly which model imac, what OS, and how you're connecting to the net.

TreyPound · Nov 18, 2008

It is model m522 running os 9 im connecting well trying to thru a ethernet cable

cradom · Nov 19, 2008

Ok, click on the apple in the menu, go to Control panels and click on tcp/ip.
Connect via should be ethernet.
Configure should be Using DHCP server.

Are you using a router or connecting directly to the cable modem?

This computer should be able to run Panther 10.3. Depends on drive size and amount of memory.

TreyPound · Nov 19, 2008

ok did that and everything is in order and still wont connect to the net. I dunno if macs have a system restore to restore to factory settings. Any other ideas would be helpful

dtravis7 · Nov 19, 2008

Did you try restarting the OS after you made the changes to the settings? Been a while since I messed with OS9.

TreyPound · Nov 19, 2008

No I did not as I do not have the original disks and was going to put os x on it to benefit for the programs for the iphone.

cradom · Nov 19, 2008

dtravis7 said:
Been a while since I messed with OS9.

Hah, me too, I had to look it up

Try a restart, you don't need system disks for that.
Also, you didn't answer my question - router or no?
If yes, try connecting directly to the cable modem. Also try a different ethernet cable. They do go bad.
As far as installing OS X, MAKE SURE YOU DO A FIRMWARE UPDATE FIRST!!

Mac SK · Nov 21, 2008

Make shure Apple Talk is turned on and connect via ethernet. Before you update to OS10 you must upgrade to 9.2 and the boot rom is 4.1.9. The Unix code in OS10 can burn up the video chip if the firmwear is not right.The firmwear update is a seperate download,burn it to a CD and follow the instructions.