New to iMac
Kevin Willis
res19rmg at verizon.net
Tue Aug 10 14:56:48 PDT 2004
I just purchased a 500 Mhz iMac from a auction site. I know this is
probably the wrong list to post to, but I have never dealt with an
iMac, so I haven't subscribed to their list. I am hoping someone here
has some experience with them and is willing to enlighten me.
The computer came with everything but a hard drive and is said to
work. I have a new Western Digital 40 GB IDE HD that I put in it.
When I installed it, I noticed the slot loading CD Drive didn't have a
power cable and it looked like a 50 pin SCSI cable plugged in to it.
The next plug on the cable that attaches to the HD is IDE. I have
tried setting the jumpers on the HD to Master Single, Master w/Slave,
Slave, and Cable Select. I inserted a bootable OS 9 cd into it and
started up with the "C" key held down. I can't seem to get it to boot
though. Is there a secret to getting one of these things to work?
Thanks--
Kevin
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