My iMac has been i storage for a while now, when i came to power it up nothing happen apart from The CRT making a static sound then cutting out. I have already tried a number of solutions such as pressing the PMU button, this had no effect. Looking inside and there are no visable faults such as loose wires or burnt out components. Your help would be greatfully appreciated.
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iMac G3 Power Up problem
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RAM?
Have you checked the RAM? I had what sounds like an identical problem some time ago and was about ready to give it up for junk (I thought the screen was dead) but it turned out to be the RAM wasn't properly inserted. Once I removed it and properly re-inserted it, the iMac sprung back to life.
williamallen said:
Have you checked the RAM? I had what sounds like an identical problem some time ago and was about ready to give it up for junk (I thought the screen was dead) but it turned out to be the RAM wasn't properly inserted. Once I removed it and properly re-inserted it, the iMac sprung back to life.
could be a dead analog/video-board - this happens a lot to imacs 
this is a serious damage cause the board is expensive if you want to buy it.
maybe motherboard is still fine - then you can use an atx-powersupply to bring it back to life.
google for it or follow these links
http://members.fortunecity.com/tinux1/sites/imac-atx.html
http://www.ct-scan.com/iMacATX/
but i hope that your problem isn't that serious!
this is a serious damage cause the board is expensive if you want to buy it.
maybe motherboard is still fine - then you can use an atx-powersupply to bring it back to life.
google for it or follow these links
http://members.fortunecity.com/tinux1/sites/imac-atx.html
http://www.ct-scan.com/iMacATX/
but i hope that your problem isn't that serious!