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TICKET ARCHIVE -> Os 10.2.8 On G3 350mhz

stephgreene - Aug 15, 2005 - 2:55 pm

I installed OS 10.2.8 on a G3 iMac (350 MHz processor) yesterday and the install was successful. Everything was working fine, and I installed Office 2004 and Acrobat Professional 7.0. When I turned it on this morning the screen was too dark. I tried customizing the screen settings in System Preferences and that didn't work. I tried just increasing the brightness from the keyboard and that didn't work (although the brightness indicator did show up on the screen). The screen was just too dark and you could barely see anything. I tried resetting the PRAM (command, opt, P, R) and that didn't work. Now the machine won't even turn on! I get the startup sound but there's nothing on the display and I don't hear any hard drive noise. What do I do??!

stephgreene - Aug 15, 2005 - 8:37 pm

I realize now what may have gone wrong. I didn't upgrade the firmware before I installed 10.2. I tried updating it by running Classic mode in X, but that obviously won't work. Now I've been trying to reinstall OS 9 (on a screen that is barely visable), but I keep coming up with errors on that. Is there any way to bring this computer back from the dead?

TechSupport - Aug 18, 2005 - 9:30 pm

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