emac not booting (sticks on apple logo)

[Sc0rian]

ok a g3/4 emac pc, boot it up, it makes the mac noise.. screen turns on.. you see the apple logo, then nothing, just doesnt load or anything, it just dies.. i cant seem to hear any hard drive noise, but its impossible to know for sure, nut unless i take it all to bits..

 

[Macmaniac]

Can you get it to Open firmware? Its Apple option and o and f, if it freezes there then most likely the logic board has had it. Do you have the hardware test cd? Try booting off it and see what happens.

 

[TEG]

The eMac is G4 only. You need to find an OS Disc or the Software Restore/Install disc, reboot holding down 'C' then run Disc Utility to see if there are any problems with the drive. If the HD didn't work, you would see a folder with a question mark.

TEG

 

[Sc0rian]

cheers for the helpful replies.

it wont open firmware, it just locks up. I also tried pushing C, nothing, it just "locks" up. i believe the logic board has gone too.

thanks.. time for a new mac anyway, this one is yonks old (it aint mine, its a clients)

 

[IgnatiusTheKing]

cheers for the helpful replies.

it wont open firmware, it just locks up. I also tried pushing C, nothing, it just "locks" up. i believe the logic board has gone too.

thanks.. time for a new mac anyway, this one is yonks old (it aint mine, its a clients)

Try starting up in Safe Mode by holding the Shift key during startup.