[S|ntax]

I was recently given an imac dv. nothing special 400mhz, 10 gig bubble of a computer. I took out the old 10 gig hdd and stuck in a 40. Booted up, went through the X install, did came back showing their wasn't a hdd to install too. Took the hdd back out, check the jumpers, stuck it back in and now when i go to turn the machine on it just has a kinda solid green light with no activity from the monitor. The led kinda fizzles a little bit i am not really sure how to describe it or what it is doing. Did I mess this one up royally or what?

[UberWeenie]

Originally posted by S|ntax:
I was recently given an imac dv. nothing special 400mhz, 10 gig bubble of a computer. I took out the old 10 gig hdd and stuck in a 40. Booted up, went through the X install, did came back showing their wasn't a hdd to install too. Took the hdd back out, check the jumpers, stuck it back in and now when i go to turn the machine on it just has a kinda solid green light with no activity from the monitor. The led kinda fizzles a little bit i am not really sure how to describe it or what it is doing. Did I mess this one up royally or what?

Are you booting off a boot CD and then running disk utility to initialize/partition drive?

90% of the time these troubles arrive because something is wrong connector/jumper-wise. I did a HDD install on my old iMac myself.

On my old iMac one had to remove RAM during upgrade. Was it put back correctly? Seated all the way? Also check all connections. It is often possible to put drive connector in backwards. Be sure all the pins in the power supply connector are seated - they can back out individually. Also possible to put power connector in backwards, believe it or not. Check jumpers again, try different arrangements. Jumper settings are often very unclear.

As I recall, you don't have to reassemble case to test the drive, just be careful when working on a open case iMac. Be aware that power supply capacitors can hold a helluva charge after machine is turned off.

[discotronic]

Did you make sure that it didn't need a firmware update before installing OSX?

[S|ntax]

i figured the jumpers were the problem with the hard drive, but that isn't my main conern right now. I am more worried about the fact i don't get any real responce from the computer when i try to boot it up. No video, no nothing other then the fizzling led.

i have checked all the connections, everything is right. i didn't have to remove the ram to get the drive out but i have reseated it anyway, still nothing.

[S|ntax]

ya firmware is done, i had 10 on the 10 gig drive.

[Eriamjh]

OSX must be in the first 8GB partition.

[S|ntax]

This is not about installing OSX I know how to do that. The problem is hardware. The machine does not post, or boot, or anything.

[discotronic]

Have you tried resetting PRAM or the PMU (if the older iMac's had one)?

[Link]

Try this, same thing happened with a friend of mine: Pop out the battery, wait a minute or two, plug it back in.

If you wish.. VERY CAREFULLY try to turn the machine on before putting it back together. Only do this if you can run it upside down on a bed or something for a few seconds, just verify that it posts, and shut it off.

***WARNING*** do not touch any part of the power supply area when doing it this way, and I'm not responsible if you hurt yourself!

But yeah, I'm pretty sure you just need to pop out that battery for a minute or two and then things will be just fine

[dwood]

also try holding down the powerbutton til u get a firmware beep, seen that help before

[tooki]

Originally posted by Eriamjh:
OSX must be in the first 8GB partition.

Absolutely incorrect. Slot-loading iMacs do not have the limitation.

tooki