When powering up my iMac G4, you can hear the fan, but no boot chime or screen display. After manually opening superdrive and inserting the diskwarrior (or any disc), you can hear the drive spin up, but nothing happens, the drive then spins down.
Further update - my wife said she was using it earlier today and while scrolling in a firefox window, the computer froze. Was unable to force quit, so then powered off computer by depressing and holding power button. waited about a minute and pressed power button and nothing happened - just what was previously described.
Hey Drake and Welcome to Apple Discussions,
First it would help to know the CPU speed of your eMac.
So you hear the fan and you reset the PMU ( by pushing the button in the user access port? ).
Here's the procedure from the USB 2.0 models' service manual:
"Screen is dark, fan is running and the hard drive is spinning. You may hear the startup
chime as well.
1. Reset parameter RAM. Press Command-Option-P-R during startup before “Welcome to Macintosh”
appears.
2. The system software could be damaged. Start up from the system CD that came with the computer.
3. Remove the user access panel on the bottom of the computer. With the unit powered on, check if a red
LED is visible in the access door. If the red LED is on, power is on. If you don’t see the LED glowing
red, follow the steps under the symptom “No Power”.
4. Disconnect the A/C power cord. Place the unit in the service stand and remove the user access plate.
Press the PMU reset button on the logic board. Refer to “Resetting the PMU on the Logic Board”
mentioned earlier in this chapter.
5. Check for external video. Connect an external monitor to the mini-VGA port."
Richard
I am also having the same problems, except my HDD will not spin.
There is fan noise, and the red light on the bottom is on. The HDD spun once or twice, but now it isn't spinning at all.
There is no chime, and the screen doesn't turn on.
I am going to try your tips in the morning and let you know if I succeed.
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