Big Problem, Guys

[MrScorpio]

My iMac is not working right.

I'm posting this from my wife's buggy Compaq

I may not be able to get a show out next week

[KitchenWitch]

1. oh no!

[MrScorpio]

2. You got that right

I've got one more thing to try

If that doesn't work, I've got to take it in for repair

[BikeWriter]

3. I hope it works, Pard.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

4. what is it doing wrong?

maybe I can help

[MrScorpio]

5. No video

I've zapped the PRAM and reset the PMU

I'm gonna do a software restore next, but I have to find ONE MORE FUCKING DISC

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

15. Well, that was two things I was gonna suggest

The battery is a suspect as well, as someone said.

[Elidor]

6. How old is your iMac?

Might be the battery. Easy to replace.

[MrScorpio]

8. It's a two year old 17" G4 flat screen

I hope to gosh that it's just corrupted software

The battery shouldn't be giving me problems now

[Elidor]

17. Yah, that's too young for a battery to go.

Must be something else.

[gmoney]

7. What seemed to make it go out?

Try unplugging any peripherals except the mouse and keyboard, and if you're running OS X, hold down the X key when restarting for a safe boot...

You should also have a hardware diagnostics disk that could help...

[MrScorpio]

9. I need to find that disc too

Thanks for the advice

I'll do that

[gmoney]

10. then, there's always "percussive maintenance"

...give it a good SMACK.

Worked on our old Zenith.

[Floogeldy]

11. Damn.

That is huge.

I don't quite know what to do.

[Deja Q]

12. Wait a minute, the compaq is buggy yet your imac isn't working?

Sounds more like iCrap if you ask me...

[MrScorpio]

13. Ha ha, Fucker

In a minute, the wife's computer is gonna cut ou

[Omphaloskepsis]

14. Any 3rd party RAM in there?

[MrScorpio]

16. Yep, but the Apple service rep saifd that it should be ok

I'm pulling it anyways

[MrScorpio]

18. I need to find that last disc

I'll only be on from time to time, until I get this problem fixed