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Mac Forum / Country Specific / Australian Mac Group / November 2003Start-up Problems
Hello to All, I need some help with a start-up problem. My faithful blue iMac (I think ?233MHz version B) wont start up. With the power on and the start-up button pressed, I get the familiar sound as if all is well - after 1 second and a couple of clicks and the iMac dies. Pressing the start-up button again achieves nothing. I can't repeat this failed start-up until I disconnect the 240V power to the iMac for a few minutes. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Paul > Hello to All, > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Paul Paul, I'm no iMac expert but this sounds like a fly-back transformer problem very common to the early iMacs. I think it's reapirable. Done a Google search yet ? Anyone else able to help out ? SF Or motherboard battery? Does this problem affect iMacs like it did older Powermacs? > > Hello to All, > > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > SF >Or motherboard battery? Does this problem affect iMacs like it did older Powermacs? > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >> >>SF That's what I did this morning... I knew the battery was dead The Date/Time was always wrong after restart But I'm slack so I put it off till it wouldn't start at all... New battery and all is well John Cook ps This is a useful site - http://home.earthlink.net/~strahm_s/manuals.html APPLE MANUALS <http://home.earthlink.net/%7Estrahm_s/manuals.html>  SignatureThe BandWidth of Reality is Wonderfull Wide > >Or motherboard battery? Does this problem affect iMacs like it did older > >Powermacs? [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > > APPLE MANUALS <http://home.earthlink.net/%7Estrahm_s/manuals.html> The Mac men have diagnosed a problem with the "Video Analogue Board: a component on that board is faulty and causes the start-up problems I experienced." The cost to fix is roughly what I believe the computer is worth so I'm fixing it. I dont want another computer in the house (even though the kids would like it!). Thanks for all advice given. Paul > The BandWidth of Reality is Wonderfull Wide Yeah, it's a shame most can't afford anything better than narrowband Thanks Sonny, Graley and Steve, I've tried start-ups holding down keys, trying to zap PRAM. I think the iMac doesn't get far enough in its start-up cycle to acknowledge the keys held down. I was thinking it might be a power supply problem so your suggestion, Sonny, of the fly-babck transformer sounds fair. I'm taking it to the Mac men to have a look at. Paul In article <sonnyfoster-A15F3D.22112523112003@news-vip.optusnet.com.au>, > > Hello to All, > > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > SF I guess you've tried the usual..start up with the bootable system CD that came with the IMac ? Hold the C key down. Then run a disk utility if it will start up from the CD. Graley > Hello to All, > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Paul The CD drawer might open if you hold either the eject or mouse button down while it is trying to start. Dont know much about IMacs. Graley > I guess you've tried the usual..start up with the bootable system CD > that came with the IMac ? Hold the C key down. Then run a disk utility [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > > > Paul |
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