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flippery
(experienced) Mon 25-Dec-17 19:10:10

Re: G4 Imac problems

[re: billford] [link to this post]

Could be right
Reset PMU, NVRAM and PRAM

Now flashing Mac and question mark. So not reading Drive or DVD both with unreadable media one presumes.
DVD does read Hardware check disk.

flippery
(experienced) Tue 26-Dec-17 12:10:07

Re: G4 Imac problems

[re: flippery] [link to this post]

running fsck -fy. problem with hard disk that it could not fix/. need to format drive / replace.

flippery
(experienced) Wed 27-Dec-17 07:11:05

Re: G4 Imac problems

[re: flippery] [link to this post]

Found drive with working os.
Say should boot.
Tine to try

flippery
(experienced) Mon 01-Jan-18 08:45:14

Re: G4 Imac problems now working

[re: flippery] [link to this post]

Formatting with retail disk has and reinstall worked.

stniuk
(experienced) Tue 02-Jan-18 09:59:22

Re: G4 Imac problems now working

[re: flippery] [link to this post]

Great job. Best to keep checking the hd occasionally for a while.

flippery
(experienced) Tue 02-Jan-18 21:53:51

Re: G4 Imac problems now working

[re: stniuk] [link to this post]

Agreed
Managed to get Hard Drive with OSX installed that works from firewire.
Fingers crossed the existing drive keeps working.

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(deleted) Wed 01-Aug-18 08:25:02

Re: G4 Imac problems

[re: billford] [link to this post]

Very nice post, So informative comments.
Best regards
Colonel Ajay Ahlawat

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