Thread External storage device not showing up in finder
External storage device not showing up in finderI have an imac with an external storage device for back-up. Up to now when I turned on the device it would show up in Finder. Now it's not. I have checked the connections (firewire), restarted the co...view more
Thread Install PPC Panther to external drive on Intel Mac
Install PPC Panther to external drive on Intel MacI have an old iMac G3 333 MHz, 192 MB RAM. No firewire, no DVD. I've upgraded its hard drive to 120GB one, made 2 partitions (one 7,77GB for the system) and successfully installed 10.1 OS. I've replaced the PRAM batte...view more
G5 iMac wont bootSymptoms: Pressing power button-get white power light on; hard drive starts; no startup chime; optical drive will not accept disk; fans start and speed up after about a minute; two LEDs on mother board light, no vide...view more
Is my iMac an iMac PPC or Intel?If possible, go to Apple menu -> About This Mac to know what you are working with. If not use one of the ways of visually identifying your iMac described below. iMac G3 (PPC a.k.a. PowerPC) iMac G4 (P...view more
water in imaci had my g5 imac in storage. in the box. i just found that the roof had a small leak that has been dripping onto the box. how can i dry it out? can it be saved?view more
iMac DV SE Will Not Power On At AllI got an iMac G3 at an auction tonight for $5. It is an iMac DV special edition, model M5521. I got it home and plugged it in and it does NOTHING. No light. No click. Nothing at all. I tried the reset ...view more
installing 10.5 with broken cd driveHi! I have an iMac G5 20in that I bought used recently. I really want to update to 10.5, but my cd drive is broken. Can someone help, I need it for a school project. I need it to be able to run a newer version of iMov...view more
iMac G4 firmware restoration/updateHi. I have a G4 iMac that has a lot of strange issues. OS 10.3.-installation goes without problems, but when trying to install 10.5., it fails; - tried with my own retail-leopard about 20 times - bough...view more
Trying to upgrade G5 iMac to 10.5 from DMGI have an old iMac G5 with 10.4.11 on it. It has a bad CD drive, and doesn't seem to even power an Apple CD/DVD superdrive when connected by USB. So I have a .DMG file of my 10.5 install disk. First I tried to copy it...view more
Thread iMac G5 (May 2005) with no OS installed; have original discs.
iMac G5 (May 2005) with no OS installed; have original discs.An elderly relative somehow wiped her iMac G5 20" completely. She has the original OS discs that came with the computer. I want to reinstall the OS for her from the original discs but can't figure out how to do this. ...view more
Thread can software/files be transferred from a dead iMac?
can software/files be transferred from a dead iMac?My dad's iMac (about 7 or 8 yrs old) just died. If it's really really dead, is there anyway for his stuff to be transferrd to a new iMac? I wouldn't be doing this - I'd have to have a tech do it. Thanksview more
Thread imac DV G3 (PPC) speakers suddenly distorted sound output
imac DV G3 (PPC) speakers suddenly distorted sound outputHI everyone, I just bought an old iMac DV running OS9, and it worked just fine for a few days then - for no reason whatsoever, the stereo speakers suddenly produce very distorted sound, even at low volume. At higher v...view more
A1076 20" G5 iMac Identifying fansI have recently repaired a blown capacitor on my old iMac and replaced the hard drive, but since doing so, one of the fans suddenly sounds like a jet! I have ran the Apple Hardware Test and it reported: 2FAN 4/8 syst...view more
Is my iMac an iMac PPC or Intel?
