A friend recently gave me a 500MHz Graphite iMac DV SE (Summer 2000) and I just acquired the original install/restore discs that should have come with it from the factory. The CDs are orange, marked "For iMac DV models", have OS 9.0.4, and have a date stamp of 2000. All of that matches my iMac.
The problems:
- When I insert the Install CD and launch the Mac OS Install app, it tells me it cannot run on this computer.
- The iMac will not boot from either the Install or Restore CDs (again, they have Mac OS 9.0.4, which is what the iMac came with)
I tried everything: Open Firmware reset-nvram, etc., hold option at startup, hold 'c' at startup, reset PRAM, etc. Nothing would make this iMac boot from either CD.
Here's what I did:
- Booted to Target Disk mode and mounted the HD on my B&W Mac
- Wiped the disk clean
- Mounted the Restore 'iMac HD.img' from the Restore CD and copied the contents to the HD.
The iMac, now with a factory fresh install of Mac OS 9.0.4 and all of the apps that presumably came with it (Appleworks, Bugdom, etc.), still will not boot.
So here's what I did:
- Again, booted to Target Disk mode and mounted the HD on my B&W Mac.
- Installed the Mac OS 9.1 update to the HD
- Eject the HD, unplug the Firewire cable, reboot the iMac...
The iMac, now with a newer install of Mac OS 9 than what it shipped with from the factory, now boots! Great, but...
- Both Bugdom (OEM) and Nanosaur (OEM) say they are not licensed for this machine. Say wha?!
- The Apple DVD player app will not run (missing a DVD RuntimeLib extension, which is in the Extensions Folder)
It's basically behaving like I'm trying to feed it the wrong OEM install software, which I'm pretty sure I am not.
Here's what I know:
- the iMac Firmware Update 4.1.9 was installed when I received the iMac (it was running Tiger/OS 9.2.2 so it had to have it, plus the installer was still on the HD).
- the 1/2 AA battery is dead (not sure if this would cause it to not boot from an OEM CD, but I'm trying to cover everything)
- it has been upgraded to 256MB (again, shouldn't be an issue I would think)
- it will boot from a Tiger install DVD
Beyond that it is, to my knowledge, a stock machine down to the 30GB HD. Apple System Profiler reports this machine's Order Number as M7651LL/A, which is without a doubt a Summer 2000 iMac.
I'm absolutely stumped. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks in advance!
(*sorry about the post length, I try to anticipate responses so I tend to cover everything)
The problems:
- When I insert the Install CD and launch the Mac OS Install app, it tells me it cannot run on this computer.
- The iMac will not boot from either the Install or Restore CDs (again, they have Mac OS 9.0.4, which is what the iMac came with)
I tried everything: Open Firmware reset-nvram, etc., hold option at startup, hold 'c' at startup, reset PRAM, etc. Nothing would make this iMac boot from either CD.
Here's what I did:
- Booted to Target Disk mode and mounted the HD on my B&W Mac
- Wiped the disk clean
- Mounted the Restore 'iMac HD.img' from the Restore CD and copied the contents to the HD.
The iMac, now with a factory fresh install of Mac OS 9.0.4 and all of the apps that presumably came with it (Appleworks, Bugdom, etc.), still will not boot.
So here's what I did:
- Again, booted to Target Disk mode and mounted the HD on my B&W Mac.
- Installed the Mac OS 9.1 update to the HD
- Eject the HD, unplug the Firewire cable, reboot the iMac...
The iMac, now with a newer install of Mac OS 9 than what it shipped with from the factory, now boots! Great, but...
- Both Bugdom (OEM) and Nanosaur (OEM) say they are not licensed for this machine. Say wha?!
- The Apple DVD player app will not run (missing a DVD RuntimeLib extension, which is in the Extensions Folder)
It's basically behaving like I'm trying to feed it the wrong OEM install software, which I'm pretty sure I am not.
Here's what I know:
- the iMac Firmware Update 4.1.9 was installed when I received the iMac (it was running Tiger/OS 9.2.2 so it had to have it, plus the installer was still on the HD).
- the 1/2 AA battery is dead (not sure if this would cause it to not boot from an OEM CD, but I'm trying to cover everything)
- it has been upgraded to 256MB (again, shouldn't be an issue I would think)
- it will boot from a Tiger install DVD
Beyond that it is, to my knowledge, a stock machine down to the 30GB HD. Apple System Profiler reports this machine's Order Number as M7651LL/A, which is without a doubt a Summer 2000 iMac.
I'm absolutely stumped. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks in advance!
(*sorry about the post length, I try to anticipate responses so I tend to cover everything)