G3 Upgrade Problems to Panther
I just received an old Bondi Blue iMac from a friend. Since I had a copy of Pahther (my other mac is now on Tiger) I decided to clean off my friend's info and upgrade by doing a clean install of Panther on the old iMac.
Upon installation, Panther told me I needed to upgrade my firmware. I clicked OK, and it went to a blue screen and stayed there forever. After about an hour, I shut the machine down manually.
Since then, I cannot reboot - either normally or from CD. The start up sound chimes, but no light comes on the screen and no function from the keyboard or mouse (no lights, etc). I have to eject the start-up CD manually.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. I've got a G5 tower that I use for my work, but I was hoping to use this for the kids internet and email machine.
Thanks.
Upon installation, Panther told me I needed to upgrade my firmware. I clicked OK, and it went to a blue screen and stayed there forever. After about an hour, I shut the machine down manually.
Since then, I cannot reboot - either normally or from CD. The start up sound chimes, but no light comes on the screen and no function from the keyboard or mouse (no lights, etc). I have to eject the start-up CD manually.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. I've got a G5 tower that I use for my work, but I was hoping to use this for the kids internet and email machine.
Thanks.
iMac G3, Mac OS 9.1.x