[G4] Mar6.07_New to list_Like to ask a question

[Ralph Garrett]

Another thing to check is the firmware revision of the DVD writer, I  
had similar problems when I installed a Pioneer DVR-104 from a  
friends PC in my wife's G4. Bad burns, funky installs general  
weirdness till I updated the firmware.


On Mar 6, 2007, at 12:05 PM, James Wilson wrote:

> Hello:
>
> I'm trying to set up a G4533 as a dedicated audio player. In  
> another life the machine ran well on Panther as an administrative  
> machine until recently when I decided to install Tiger. The machine  
> has 768Mb of RAM.
>
> I took out the CD writer that the box came with and installed a DVD  
> writer so I could install Tiger straight from the install disk. The  
> install was successful but I cannot get the machine to boot off the  
> startup disk. (FYI: the disk is not partitioned). All I get is the  
> apple logo on a grey screen but no loading wheel. It hangs in  
> otherwords.
>
> I've tried a couple of things.
> - forced the machine to choose a startup disk by holding down  
> option on startup
> - zapped my PRAM
> - removed the orange micro scsi card that was installed in the box  
> and tried to boot
> - installed Tiger twice
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Cheers,
> James
>
>
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