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The Balance Of Judgement
Senior Member
Ivory Coast
1006 Posts |
 Posted - 26 Sep 2003 : 21:05:59
Well I wanted to be posting from my new iMac DV 450 but it's having a hard time. See, it misses it's old owner and keeps asking for her passcode phrases.So I gotta phone up and try and find out what they are. Anyone know how to erase passcodes of an iMac or do I need to grab the restore CD and wipe the ol lad clean? |
cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 26 Sep 2003 : 21:13:07
Just boot from a CD, I think that should work, it might still ask for them  What happened to that "Classic Mack" iMac 233 thing? Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 26 Sep 2003 : 21:32:43
Cool!  Btw, Cory, he's probablys till gonna hack Classic Mack. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 26 Sep 2003 : 21:58:08
LOL, ok... Are you going to run OSX on it? Official 68k videographer
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Da Penguin
Senior Member
USA
1094 Posts |
Posted - 26 Sep 2003 : 22:19:01
Yeah, i dont know of a way of wiping them without reinstalling.Perhaps changing the keychain pass if you DO find out what it is might help? ~The Penguin **| Want free 68kmla email? Drop me a line |**
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 26 Sep 2003 : 22:30:23
get a small monkey to sit there (with a keyboard that you don't particularly care about) and type every possible combination out, until you get the right one...Official 68k videographer
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Clinton
Full Member
USA
700 Posts |
Posted - 27 Sep 2003 : 00:46:16
boot from any CD other than the official OS9 CD, and trash the Multiple users prefs.CCC Commander
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 27 Sep 2003 : 12:21:42
do what he says...  I'd try it out, but all of my mac monitors and OS9 running machiens are gone... Official 68k videographer
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The Balance Of Judgement
Senior Member
Ivory Coast
1006 Posts |
Posted - 28 Sep 2003 : 11:07:04
Thanks for the help.I'm trying to solve the various troubles this Mac has, it freezes every now and then and is flaky, so I am going to be reseating some components and hope for the best. My friend believes it might be the logic board...which is sad if it is. Although, I might be able to squeeze the old iMac logic board in this one...although I would think this iMac is a ZIF cpu right? Darn Apple for changing thier specs.
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 28 Sep 2003 : 11:33:18
run OSX, and thou shalt not crash... (and get it some decent cooling)Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 28 Sep 2003 : 15:02:55
Nope. All slot loading iMacs have their CPUs soldered onto the logic board. They are not removable."**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 28 Sep 2003 : 16:00:31
LOL, yeah, I did't know that... "so yeah" Also, if apple didn't change their specs, there would be billions of computers running @8MHz with 128k of memory, and a single 400k disc drive, not to mention a 512 by 384 monochrome screen... Official 68k videographer
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The Balance Of Judgement
Senior Member
Ivory Coast
1006 Posts |
Posted - 29 Sep 2003 : 22:34:00
As it turns out, the firmware was not updated before the last person installed Mac OS X. It still is a bit flaky, it took 3 tries to get OS X installed properly but it seems ok. Every so often I do get Kernel panicks and it waits for a remote debug connection, but I am trying to get the 10.2.6 update in the hopes that perhaps some of that is fixed. If not, Classic doesn't seem as troubled by these issues and so I can just run Classic on this machine.So, I hope all turns out ok.
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 01 Oct 2003 : 06:26:46
run Mac OS X 10.2.5 or 10.2.8... don't bother with .2.6, it's given me too much trouble, to believe that it deserves to exist....2.5 is one of the sweetest things I've ever used though... [Cory-Wiegersmas-Computer:~] corywiegersma% uptime
6:25AM up 9 days, 12:35, 2 users, load averages: 0.48, 0.36, 0.29 and that's just the beginning, it'd be 12 days, but I booted into OS9 for awhile one day... Official 68k videographer
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