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Friend's Quicksilver PowerMac Has A Problem
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: New York City, NY
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It's a 733mhz which he recieved from a family member, but it doesn't work.
He plugs in a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and power.
When he presses the power button he gets a Finder icon on a blue background, which then switches to a question mark. What does it mean? Hardware problem or OS problem?
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Salt Lake City, UT USA
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It probably means the system can't find a valid system folder on the hard drive. Either the system folder has been deleted, corrrupted, etc. Or the hard drive's been removed.
You should be able to reinstall the OS to the hard drive and be all set. Do you have a system software install CD that came with the computer?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: New York City, NY
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I will try that. I don't think he has an system restore discs though.
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iamwhor3hay
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Cambridge UK
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Originally posted by MrForgetable:
I will try that. I don't think he has an system restore discs though.
The least you need to do is boot from an OS 9 system disk (preferably 9.2) and use that to select a system folder to boot from. Then reboot 
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Mac Elite
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will an OS X restore disc work?
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iamwhor3hay
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Edmonton, AB
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no but an osx install disk will.==
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