Dead Bondi

[bibilit]

I have collected another Imac Bondie.

The first try just gave me a spinning fan and amber light, removed the logic board and ram...exchange the ram stick and get a "boing" and flashing file.

I tried several times to get it working but only get it worse (no fan, black screen then nothing at all)

Removed the logic board again, washed the board last night and put everything together tonight ,get a "boing" and the Imac booted to Mac Os 9.2.

Stop it and tried another boot, never get it working again :-/

The poor Imac is on it's last legs i think, probably another FBT failure !!

 

[Macdrone]

We try but we can't rescue them all. Good try.

 

[Cosmo]

Have a decent burial for it atleast

 

[macosten]

THIS is when you make a MacQuarium. Not when it still works...

 

[bibilit]

:-/ My other Bondie is not working either.(was working a couple of months ago)

Take it home, switched it and get a blinking file, not a big deal removed the HD from the other Bondie and swap both units...but only get a blinking file too :disapprove:

I know both HD are Ok, so tried everything, swapping ribbons, removing the old battery for a new one, zapping the PRAM...etc.

I only get this blinking file again and again.

By the way, swapping the logic board from the "dead" one only show a black screen, so apparently the Logic board is dead, not the PSU or FBT.

Any ideas ???

 

[bibilit]

I have connected each HD (Mac Os 9.04 and 9.2) to my Powermac G4...and i get a blinking file each time.

But...connecting each HD (Slave) to the Main HD (Mac OS 10.3 acting as Master) lead me to a boot and both HD are detected properly.

I was able to boot the G4 with one of the Mac Os 9 system (selecting it as a boot device), but the second one only show the blinking file.

So apparently, one of the HD is corrupted, and the other is fine, but the Imac is not able to boot from it.

Is there something special with 9.2 ? i was pretty sure the Imac should boot from a valid system !

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

I would think a retail version, if they ever sold one, would work on the Bondi. Did your version ship with the install kit for the/a G4 or a Retail X box?

I'm guessing the PowerMac you're referring to is a Quicksilver, that might be problematic if it's a hardware bundled version.

 

[bibilit]

I should have the OE version for the Imac, the main problem is not with the Powermac (it's a sawtooth) but with the Imac.

The Imac should boot from the HD, anyway, time for a clean install.

 

[bibilit]

I washed the board of my first Bondi saturday (the one which was working previously) before discovering that probably both Hard Disks had something wrong, put everything together... and get a blinking file :-/

However i noticed he mouse was acting strangely, so removed it and get :



Put the mouse back, and had a working Imac



Already tried without mouse, and did not work... so probably the hard Disk just needed a quick boot in the G4, the fact is that my non-Apple mouse did not help in the end, but i am pretty happy to get it working.

The HD is from the faulty Bondi, so now i have got 9.2 instead of 9.04, and looking at the files, looks like the previous owner tried a Mac Os X install...don't know what to think about it ( the Imac needs a firmware upgrade to do so)