[rescue] Rescued iMacs looking for input on repair

[Andrew Weiss]

On May 5, 2004, at 10:10 AM, Steve Hatle wrote:

> On 5/5/04 9:00 AM, "Thomas Gallaway" wrote:
>
>
>>
>> Now the third imac a 333mhz one is weird. When I plug it in it poweres
>> up and then off right away. All within 1 second. I can see the tube
>> power up shortly too. I figured I might need to either try to zap the
>> PMU, replace the battery or replace the down converter module.
>>
>> Any input would be helpfull.
>
> I believe I saw this issue when I was nosing around trying to figure  
> out how
> to resurrect my DV 400. IIRC, this can be symptomatic of either a  
> failed
> firmware update, or installing Panther without updating firmware first.

Impossible.

This is all within 1 second.

Firmware doesn't boot within the first second.

Failed firmware would yield a solid grey screen most likely.

Andrew

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