Re: The eMac Problem(s) that I mentioned earlier

In article <1izlreklgc.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Suzie-Q <sme617x@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

My friend bought an eMac awhile back. I don't know the model or
whatever, so if we need that info I'll have to get back with you
all later. I'll call my friend "Mary Smith."

The OS is X version 10.2 (there might be a .x behind the 2 - I
don't recall).

Someone had set up the eMac with users and passwords, and didn't
tell her how to log in!! When she started the eMac it said that
it was "Mary Smith's Computer" at the top, but then had three
buttons and names for log ins. (Her adult children who don't live
with or near her.) I didn't know how to get past that screen, so
what I did was entirely reinstall the system from the CDs.

From which CDs? I can't tell from your post, but if you used the CDs
for a different kind of computer, they may not have included what was
needed to run the monitor properly on this computer.

If that is the problem (and I have no idea if it is) the solution is
to use the CDs from the same kind of computer (that is, the same
version of the emac) or to use a retail OS install CD from apple (not
the kind that usually comes in the box with your computer, but the
kind you purchase separately).

Of course, the problem could be something else too. I think there was
a logic board recall on some of the emacs. But the ones that I've
seen that had this problem displayed rather different symptoms (mostly
frequent random crashes).


I used the original eMac disks.

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