Next message: Dan Schwartz: "RE: [WinMac] imac woes"
It's not necessary to disconnect the hardrive because there is a 4 key
pattern that disables the HD when depressed during booting. I believe
it is apple-alt-control-delete but don't hold me to it. I learned it a
few years ago when I had a problem like yours that turned out to be the
motherboard {but under warranty :-} Maybe someone else can confirm the
correct pattern.
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> Subject: Re: [WinMac] imac woes
> Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 10:24:53 -0700
> From: Bruce Johnson <johnson@Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU>
> To: winmac@iffy.com
>
> kramizeh@pilot.msu.edu wrote:
> >
> > I have a 333 slot loader iMac that won't start up. It can't see the
> > disk, I either get the floppy with an X icon or the floopy with an ? icon.
> > I actually got it to boot once with disk warrior and rebuilt the directory.
> > All errors were reported repaired but when I rebooted the hard drive wasn't
> > there. If I try to boot off the iMac software install disk it freezes right
> > after the first extension icon (the apple Help icon) appears on the screen.
> > Same thing for trying to boot off the Disk warrior ver 2.0 disk as well
> > now. I searched mac fix it archives and tried rebooting after removing the
> > VST USB floppy drive also but no luck. It just continues to freeze while
> > booting up. The unit is just over one year old and doesn't get the kind of
> > heavy use that might cause a drive to fail prematurely. If there is such a
> > thing as a premature drive failure. ;-) Can anyone point me to additional
> > resources for imac woes or does anyone have any experience with this type
> > of problem. Thanks. MVK
>
> Sounds like _probably_ a drive controller, ie: motherboard problem.
>
> What I'd do is open it up and carefully check the drive cable
> connections. If it still won't boot, disconnect the HDD, and see if it
> boots off of the CD. This will eliminate the HDD as a problem. If that
> is the case replace the HDD. Otherwise it's the onboard controller, and
> you need a new MB.
>
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