grey screen ... blinking question mark.... help please i love my mac

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grey screen ... blinking question mark.... help please i love my mac

ok so i have a mac os x 10.3.9 and it has the old software on it and it got witched to the mac os 9 and not its got a grey screen with a picture of the finder and i have tried everything on your web site to get it to work but it still doesnt work i dont have a recovery CD besause i bought it use i have tried resetting the nvram and i can do that because i can get to the firmware thing and put stuff in like to reset the ram but it didnt help i still get the blank screen and i was woundering if there is anyway i can get around it to get it back in 10.3.9 using the firmware and putting in a code thing because i love my mac to death and i want to us it a again. Could you please help me and tell me what i could do.

thanks

Juan

imac g3, Mac OS X (10.3.x)

Posted on Mar 26, 2008 1:44 PM

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Niel

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Mar 26, 2008 7:02 PM in response to jaunito599

Restart the computer with the X key held down.

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Mar 26, 2008 7:21 PM in response to Niel

i have tired that but it didnt work some of the os 9 files are missing i think ... i just want to get it back over in 10.3.9 i never even used os 9 until i switch it to boot up in os 9 and when it when to restart it just gave me the gray screen and with the blinking question mark

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Mar 27, 2008 5:59 AM in response to jaunito599

Depress/hold the Option key at startup. This will activate the Startup Manager. Your 10.3 disk should be one of the options to select as the startup disk.

 Cheers, Tom 😉

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Mar 27, 2008 7:13 AM in response to Texas Mac Man

ok that got me to a blue screen and to arrows to push. but it still goesnt work i tried restarting and and still the same thing help

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Mar 27, 2008 7:26 AM in response to jaunito599

ok it got me to a blue screen wit to arrows to push the 1st one is an arrow that is like a half circle and the 2nd arrow is like a normal arrow pointing right that does nothing but the other arrow does some thing becuase that little clock thing starts and if you restart it it jsut goes back to the grey screen please help

juan

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Niel

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Mar 27, 2008 8:52 AM in response to jaunito599

You need a Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X CD to resolve this issue. Find the person you bought it from and ask for the original disks, or phone 1-800-SOS-APPL if you're in the United States and ask for replacements.

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Answer 7

Jun 7, 2008 10:28 AM in response to Niel

Question: We had a Mac with OS X and loved it! A few months back it went blue screen and a blinking cursor. We tried to restore with the restore sysytem disk but that did not work. So we put it in the closet and have not touched it. any suggestions?? we would like to salvage the Harddrive for the music library and pics. Thanks!

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