imac and OSX problems..

[Tomas]

I got hold of an old 233mhz imac and decided to install OSX panther on it. The install went just fine and i was soon after surfing with firefox and chatting in ircle.. I then logged out and my username/password refused to work afterwards.
I then decided to boot the same OSX cd as i used to install the system, so that i could reset the password. But now the piece of {bleep} wont boot the cdrom? When holding down C i end up in the open firmware console with this text: default catch code:400... What the hell?
How do i get it to boot the damn cd again? Is my only solution now to throw it in the trash? Been searching google for hours now and getting pretty feed up.

[DonnyEMU]

I wonder if this will make the "I'm a Mac and I'm a PC commercials"..

[MaDDuck]

DUDE!!

First..........

BREATH!

Ok.
NOW hold down the C key on a WIRED keyboard while booting up, and it'll be fine.

good luck, let me know if you're able to get it on the road!

[Tomas]

Ok.
NOW hold down the C key on a WIRED keyboard while booting up, and it'll be fine.

I clearly stated that i had already used "C" key to boot from the cd and that it also worked just fine a couple of hours earlier when i first installed OSX. The things is that it just stopped working and instead of booting the cd it would throw me to the open firmware screen with the error code 400.

But anyways it turned out to probably be the pram needing to be flushed, as it solved itself after being disconnected from the power outlet.

[MaDDuck]

I know, it's just on my old eMac it can take a couple of times.
ALSO wanted to make sure the KB was wired!!

Try popping the PRAM battery out, make sure it's good.

or hold the power button down for several seconds (like 10) that usually forces a firmware reset, or (shutter) drag it into an apple authorized service center for a firmware reset.

[TheMud]

DonnyEMU wrote:
I wonder if this will make the "I'm a Mac and I'm a PC commercials"..

But OK ... A 233 MhZ Mac isnt ment to run Mac OS X .... Would be like making a 5 year old push a truck - And that with a broken leg

But with the holding C thingy... Try it a couple of times on the old lady, and I bet it will work...

[amiga_3k]

Ah... Old iMacs :-)

There are like only four serious causes of trouble with iMacs I came across the last two years:

1) Bad backup-batteries causing a forced PRAM reset (means dismanteling the machine and push the tiny button on the motherboard).  Can make the computer start into a black screen.

2) Bad fly-back transformer on the monitor. Easy to repair if you know how to solder. Makes the computer to not start at all.

3) Bad harddisk (causing booting problems ending up in the firmware).

4) Dust and sigarette smoke creating bad contacts.

All four problems are rather easy to solve. Binning can be done any time ;-)

[Tomas]

But OK ... A 233 MhZ Mac isnt ment to run Mac OS X .... Would be like making a 5 year old push a truck - And that with a broken leg

It ran just fine even though it was a tad on the slow side..
But all in all, it makes the computer so much more usable and with a little extra ram and a disk upgrade and it should even be okay for web surfing with the exception of flash and other crap like that.

[skurk]

TheMud wrote:
But OK ... A 233 MhZ Mac isnt ment to run Mac OS X .... Would be like making a 5 year old push a truck - And that with a broken leg

I used to run OSX on my beige G3 (233MHz) before I binned it, and it worked pretty OK.  Took forever to boot, though..

[Karlos]

DonnyEMU wrote:
I wonder if this will make the "I'm a Mac and I'm a PC commercials"..

[Tomas]

 :lol:

[odin]

Might as well leave out the 'older'.