iMac G3 Purple issue.

I have a iMac it is from a friend who bought it in a garage sale for $5.

The problem with it is when you turn it on You hear the "Apple chime" and the light is orange.

Then you hear Click(monitor turning on I guess) and the light turns green for 1 second. Then it turns itself off.

G3 Macintosh (b&w), Mac OS X (10.2.x)

Posted on Jun 13, 2006 12:28 PM

16 replies

Jun 23, 2006 5:16 PM in response to Xeniczone

OK here I go with my issue. My friend gave me a iMac G3 400mhz Tangerine slotloader and it has a few issues. First and formost the screen wont go on except if it thinks I am trying to quit the finder. The screen will light up and ask for the computer owners password, yet none of them work. I replaced the system battery, the computer chimes and goes through the start up. The login screen came up once but when I put in my password it gave me system errror 10 and shut down. What's going on?

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iMac G3 Purple issue.

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