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Flashing question mark?
Name: rterps Date: June 5, 2003 at 05:41:20 Pacific OS: OSX 10.2 CPU/Ram: 1024 466MHZ
Comment:
Hi, I'm a PC user who decided to get a MAC also. The delivered one started with the two faces as normal followed by a question mark and it kept flashing indefinatly. I have been informed that it is looking for the OS and the OS might be corrupted or not present. The seller will deliver another one and get that one picked up at the same time. Should I ask to get the drivers with it just in case the same thing happens again? it's a G4. Any help would be appreciated.
Name: dominicus Date: June 5, 2003 at 13:51:51 Pacific
Reply:
If it was supposed to have thoe os on it as delivered, heck, yea , get them to do the work. Reinstalling an OS isnt hard, especially in macs- make sure you get the disks with the computer- you cant just download a copy of OS X like you can the earlier ones ( i assume, since its a gs4, thats what it is) Gotta go.....
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