In article <85eb9b084e24a@uwe>, samwalker7 <u44337@uwe> wrote:
> I recently switched from the Mac OS 10.3X, which was working, to the OS 9.5
there was no 9.5.
> (start-up disc, I guess?) and now nothing works. It boots to an icon looking > like a 3.5 floopy disc, with a question mark blinking inside it.
that means it can't find a bootable system on either the hard drive or the optical drive (or any attached hard drives but you didn't mention additional drives).
> I can hear a > clicking sound and after a few minutes, the computer shuts down. I have tried > all the shortcuts that I can find and still nothing as far as getting it to > complete the boot. I'm open to all suggestions. Thanks in advance!
that sounds like the computer works, but whatever system disc you have in there is not compatible with it. for instance, it's possible that the disc you have was bundled with a different model mac. or, the optical drive is defective.
what exactly does it say on the disc?
also, why did you switch? especially since you say you don't have any discs that came with it.
> Sam > iBook, M6497, made in 2001. color is white. I believe this is a G3? I am not > that familiar with ibooks and I don't have any discs that originally came > with the unit.
