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Desktop Totally Black
Name: Helen Date: January 15, 2003 at 19:39:58 Pacific OS: OS 9.2.1 CPU/Ram: 576
Comment:
A friend who has an Imac just called me on the phone and told me her desktop is totally black...totally. I could hear a chime when she tried to boot it, but all she has is a totally black desktop. Any thoughts? Thanks
Name: ChrisP Date: January 15, 2003 at 20:25:15 Pacific
Reply:
Is it a flat panel or a G3 iMac?
If it has a video out, try connecting a known working monitor to it and see if it works.
----chri.s-
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Response Number 2
Name: Helen Date: January 15, 2003 at 20:38:46 Pacific
Reply:
It's a G3 Imac.
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Response Number 3
Name: Yingo Date: January 19, 2003 at 16:59:29 Pacific
Reply:
There are some cases in which installing certain Mac OS X versions or firmware "fries" the motherboard of certain imacs...or so I've read at apple's knowledgebase
If this is the case you should check them out for help
Hope it isn't ;)
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Response Number 4
Name: the pickle Date: January 19, 2003 at 17:28:05 Pacific
Reply:
Search these boards for "firmware update" and that'll find what you need.
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