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g5 imac issue

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jcenderle

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Jun 25, 2010
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Hello all,
I recently purchased a second hang G5 iMac. It is password protected so i have tries the command S, but when I do the fan gets very loud and it goes to a screen where you should be able to punch in letters and codes, but it wont record what i hit. I attached a file so you can see what the screen is saying at the bottom. I wantto get past this so i can use the computer. do i have to get a new harddrive or OS or something? when i go to the main screen is says OS 10.4.2 i believe is on it. I hope someone can help. Thank you
 

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Just reinstall OSX

jcenderle said:
Hello all,
I recently purchased a second hang G5 iMac. It is password protected so i have tries the command S, but when I do the fan gets very loud and it goes to a screen where you should be able to punch in letters and codes, but it wont record what i hit. I attached a file so you can see what the screen is saying at the bottom. I wantto get past this so i can use the computer. do i have to get a new harddrive or OS or something? when i go to the main screen is says OS 10.4.2 i believe is on it. I hope someone can help. Thank you
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I there, If you received the OSX install disks that came with it, I would just do a complete reinstall. I believe Leopard is the last OS to be installed on a powerPC iMac.
 
I only received the computer when I made the purchase. I had to buy both the keyboard and mouse and no discs accompanied it..
 
jcenderle said:
I only received the computer when I made the purchase. I had to buy both the keyboard and mouse and no discs accompanied it..
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I think I have an old Leopard CD lying around, for the cost of postage, you can have it if you want. 'PM' me if you're interested, but I need to check my junk box to make sure I still have it. :)
 
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