[ebenezercore]

I am pleased to have found this forum and want to say thanks in advance for any help any of you might be able to share. I am a P.C. guy who ended up with my good buddy's "very important" iMac 233 MHz/B to try and fix! I think I am his only hope.....and that's a little scary.
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Firstly, I have had the 4 Beep Startups, then the unplugging the power cord, the chiming in, or the

OPTION-APPLE-P-R chiming in......In order to then proceed to
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Can't Get iMac 233 MHz/B to Boot to CD-ROM.
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I am unfamiliar with procedure to ensure that it is trying to boot from CD-ROM.
However, I have tried to boot to
1) iMac Software Restore disc (SSW version 8.5)
2) iMac Software Install disc (SSW version 8.5)
3) OS 9 Factory OS Install
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Can't Get iMac 233 MHz/B to Boot to Hard Drive.
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At the Mac OS Screen "Welcome to Mac OS" comes this Message (with a little Bomb)
"Sorry, a system error has occurred.
unimplemented trap
To temporarily turn off extensions, restart and
hold down the shift key. Restart"
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Can't Get iMac 233 MHz/B to Boot to Hard Drive Extensions Off.
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At the Mac OS Screen "Welcome to Mac OS"
At the Mac OS Screen "Starting Up..."
then the progress bar stops approx. 1/8th of the way across.
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any one able to shed some light for me?

sincerely,
eb

[P]

To force booting from the CD, hold the letter "C" while it's searching for the drives. I'm interested in the 4 beeps you mentioned, though . Did you mean 4 tones in succession, or just one and then another as it rebooted again (because you held Cmd-opt-P-R)? 4 tones in succession is RAM failure.

[ebenezercore]

Originally Posted by P 

To force booting from the CD, hold the letter "C" while it's searching for the drives. I'm interested in the 4 beeps you mentioned, though . Did you mean 4 tones in succession, or just one and then another as it rebooted again (because you held Cmd-opt-P-R)? 4 tones in succession is RAM failure.

I turn the power button on (it stays orange) and it sounds 4 tones in a row. and then does nothing. (orange light still on)???

[ebenezercore]

OK, I just booted, extensions off, and it made it all the way to an iconless, start-menuless, empty desktop that then had this to display
"Sorry, a system error occured.
"Finder"
error type 10
[Restart] "
If anyone has any ideas, I would greatly appreciate any help.
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Originally Posted by ebenezercore 

I am pleased to have found this forum and want to say thanks in advance for any help any of you might be able to share. I am a P.C. guy who ended up with my good buddy's "very important" iMac 233 MHz/B to try and fix! I think I am his only hope.....and that's a little scary.
-----------------------------------------
Firstly, I have had the 4 Beep Startups, then the unplugging the power cord, the chiming in, or the

OPTION-APPLE-P-R chiming in......In order to then proceed to
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Can't Get iMac 233 MHz/B to Boot to CD-ROM.
----------------------
I am unfamiliar with procedure to ensure that it is trying to boot from CD-ROM.
However, I have tried to boot to
1) iMac Software Restore disc (SSW version 8.5)
2) iMac Software Install disc (SSW version 8.5)
3) OS 9 Factory OS Install
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Can't Get iMac 233 MHz/B to Boot to Hard Drive.
----------------------
At the Mac OS Screen "Welcome to Mac OS" comes this Message (with a little Bomb)
"Sorry, a system error has occurred.
unimplemented trap
To temporarily turn off extensions, restart and
hold down the shift key. Restart"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Can't Get iMac 233 MHz/B to Boot to Hard Drive Extensions Off.
----------------------
At the Mac OS Screen "Welcome to Mac OS"
At the Mac OS Screen "Starting Up..."
then the progress bar stops approx. 1/8th of the way across.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

any one able to shed some light for me?

sincerely,
eb

[P]

Originally Posted by ebenezercore 

I turn the power button on (it stays orange) and it sounds 4 tones in a row. and then does nothing. (orange light still on)???

Yes, that's a RAM failure. You will need to replace it. Try pulling one of the DIMMs and see if the problem is still there - if not, try the other one.