I should note to those that might read this and that might be suffering from the above symptoms, this computer finally died and so I assume that the mentioned behavior was symptomatic of failing hardware. The iMac DV does boot anymore. The from lights up and that's about it.
I spent some time reading up on it and it could be one of two things if I recall correctly. It could be a capacitor, which should show up deformed (from over heating upon inspection, in which case it could be replaced fairly easily by a tech. This has been reported to be a common design problem with all the fruits colored iMacs. Or the tube could be dead, which might be preemptively cutting the boot sequence. To remedy the latter case, disconnecting the cable leading to the tube and then running it with an external monitor (connected to the external monitor "jack" at the back) might be a solution. Note that I have not had the time or patience to test either of these solutions above and they are not guaranteed in any way. You're on your own if you try to service it yourself (or have anyone else do it, for that matter) and something bad happens. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/46445 Title: iMac G3 DV SE reboots instead of halting To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pbbuttonsd/+bug/46445/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
