ThinkPad 240 boot help

I've recently been given a 2nd had ThinkPad 240 which has windows 2000 installed.
The guy that gave it to me has forgotten all the passwords and it used to belong to a company he worked for and they don't have any passwords either.
I've tried booting it with external CD and floopy drives but I've had no luck.
The boot order is booting from external devices before local disk.
I'm pretty sure that the CD drive is compatible as it came with the machine, the floppy drive didn't but does make a noise when it boots.
Thanks
Pete

Your machine will read a disk from it once booted, but it will not boot from it.
IBM's PCMCIA CD-ROM has a code 1968 or 1969, search eBay for it, and make sure that includes both the card that goes in the slot, and AC adapter.
Good luck.
Cheers,
George
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com.apple.kec.pthread 1
com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0
Model: MacBookPro11,3, BootROM MBP112.0138.B02, 4 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.6 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 2.19f3
Graphics: Intel Iris Pro, Intel Iris Pro, Built-In
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M, PCIe, 2048 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54343147533641465238412D50422020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54343147533641465238412D50422020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x134), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.15.124.12.10)
Bluetooth: Version 4.3.1f2 15015, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0
PCI Card: pci1b21,612, AHCI Controller, Thunderbolt@195,0,0
Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM1024F, 1 TB
Serial ATA Device: ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB, 1 TB
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 17.1
Thunderbolt Device: Rugged mini, LaCie, 3, 5.4

Hey all, so for some reason unknown to me the problem went away.... for a few weeks...
Now, it's back with a vengeance! 5 Unexplained crashes and re-starts today, all while desperately trying to work on a project....!
Latest crash report follows, I wish these things made sense to me, I hope they make sense to someone out there who can help me!
Anonymous UUID:       AEA50BA9-8EFB-03FC-EEBA-DD159AC8407D
Sun Jan 18 22:14:27 2015
*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 4 caller 0xffffff7f8a46ff63): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 3 3 5f 1d 0 8 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00100c80: CFG 0x0fe910de 0x00100406 0xc0000000, BAR0 0x101000000 0xffffff81f586e000 0x0e7290a2, D0, P0/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.7.21/src/Apple MuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
Backtrace (CPU 4), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81f96232d0 : 0xffffff8007b3a811
0xffffff81f9623350 : 0xffffff7f8a46ff63
0xffffff81f9623430 : 0xffffff7f8879ad28
0xffffff81f96234f0 : 0xffffff7f888651b6
0xffffff81f9623530 : 0xffffff7f88a466d9
0xffffff81f96235a0 : 0xffffff7f88a46508
0xffffff81f9623600 : 0xffffff7f889e326e
0xffffff81f96236a0 : 0xffffff7f889dfb7e
0xffffff81f9623740 : 0xffffff7f889df6c8
0xffffff81f96237a0 : 0xffffff7f888b426c
0xffffff81f9623830 : 0xffffff7f88a8f826
0xffffff81f96238a0 : 0xffffff7f88a8578e
0xffffff81f9623970 : 0xffffff7f88a85b57
0xffffff81f96239e0 : 0xffffff7f88ab3c9b
0xffffff81f9623a60 : 0xffffff7f888d8e4a
0xffffff81f9623bb0 : 0xffffff7f888d8751
0xffffff81f9623cc0 : 0xffffff7f888dc2b9
0xffffff81f9623d10 : 0xffffff7f88ab38ff
0xffffff81f9623d80 : 0xffffff7f888dbee1
0xffffff81f9623e00 : 0xffffff7f88783502
0xffffff81f9623ec0 : 0xffffff7f88750ab5
0xffffff81f9623f00 : 0xffffff8007b6be13
0xffffff81f9623fb0 : 0xffffff8007c192c7
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.7.21)[32B7E2DE-1F9D-3555-B687-7A76A62B81D2]@ 0xffffff7f8a461000->0xffffff7f8a474fff
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.7.21)[62689710-EEA7-307A-AC83-B8F25DA88 A6A]@0xffffff7f8a459000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[70E2B65E-A91A-3522-A1A0-79FD63EABB4C]@0xfffff f7f8906e000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[766FC23F-452C-3B74-951C-598BB17BCF06]@0xffffff 7f88324000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[6D99A3BE-D531-3780-880B-13F2FC894A4A]@0 xffffff7f886ed000
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.1.0)[0183904C-6A16-32C4-9405-EEFD7F820B 02]@0xffffff7f8a45c000
         com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman(10.0)[53CC0E05-7382-336C-8239-AE884D6CA71A]@ 0xffffff7f8874a000->0xffffff7f889bffff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[766FC23F-452C-3B74-951C-598BB17BCF06]@0xffffff 7f88324000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[F4738C55-B507-3627-A9CA-3D29A5230A03]@0xff ffff7f88734000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[6D99A3BE-D531-3780-880B-13F2FC894A4A]@0 xffffff7f886ed000
            dependency: com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.7.21)[4700601D-3FEB-3B86-B2BA-8D71AF84D1 C4]@0xffffff7f88744000
         com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAGK100Hal(10.0)[DC43029D-568A-3B7C-976B-E922C17F5143 ]@0xffffff7f889cb000->0xffffff7f88b78fff
            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman(10.0.0)[53CC0E05-7382-336C-8239-AE884D6CA71A ]@0xffffff7f8874a000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[766FC23F-452C-3B74-951C-598BB17BCF06]@0xffffff 7f88324000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
14B25
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 14.0.0: Fri Sep 19 00:26:44 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2782.1.97~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 89E10306-BC78-3A3B-955C-7C4922577E61
Kernel slide:     0x0000000007800000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8007a00000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff8007900000
System model name: MacBookPro11,3 (Mac-2BD1B31983FE1663)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 6392545963342
last loaded kext at 495533631461: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 3.0.0 (addr 0xffffff7f8a686000, size 389120)
last unloaded kext at 1025664811150: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.10 (addr 0xffffff7f88b8d000, size 61440)
loaded kexts:
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp 4.3.20
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt 4.3.20
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB 4.3.20
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv 4.3.20
com.nvidia.CUDA 1.1.0
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 3.0.0
com.apple.filesystems.exfat 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch 85.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70
com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.14.37
com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler 2.1.0d1
com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim 1.0.0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.3.1f2
com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsDevicePolicy 3.7.7
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 267.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.1
com.apple.GeForce 10.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD5000Graphics 10.0.0
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP 2.0.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferAzul 10.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.7.21
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.10
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.3
com.apple.driver.AppleCameraInterface 5.23.0
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.3.1f2
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.4d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 3.5.0
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache 35
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 705.4.1
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.6.5
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.0.7
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4360 901.19.10
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBXHCI 705.4.14
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 161
com.apple.security.quarantine 3
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard 175.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 175.5
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 4.3.1f2
com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver 260.30
com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 267.0
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.15
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 200.6
com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0
com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAGK100Hal 10.0.0
com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman 10.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 97
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.7.21
com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2 156.4
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.1.0
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.7.21
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.13d1
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 267.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 267.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 705.4.0
com.apple.driver.X86PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.8.0d49
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.3.1f2
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.3.1f2
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 245.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 705.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 705.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 3.7.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 3.7.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.7.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 705.4.9
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter 4.0.6
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily 4.0.6
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 2.0.2
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.7.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI 3.1.7
com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily 4.2.1
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 700.52
com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient 1.0.1b8
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 705.4.14
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox 300.0
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2
com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity 1.0.5
com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager 1.0
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 389.1
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 31
com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 3.1
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4
com.apple.kec.Libm 1
com.apple.kec.pthread 1
com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0
Model: MacBookPro11,3, BootROM MBP112.0138.B02, 4 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.6 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 2.19f3
Graphics: Intel Iris Pro, Intel Iris Pro, Built-In
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M, PCIe, 2048 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54343147533641465238412D50422020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54343147533641465238412D50422020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x134), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.15.124.12.10)
Bluetooth: Version 4.3.1f2 15015, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0
Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM1024F, 1 TB
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 17.1

NEW THINKPAD OWNER SEEKING HELP

Hello everyone-
I am a new ThinkPad owner. I purchased a used T40 recently and love it. I installed Windows7 on it (it came with W7, but I wiped the hard drive clean and re-installed).
I do have a few issues I was hoping to get some help on.
Nothing happens when I hit the IBM Access button. I know the button itself works because I’ve used it to get into the BIOS. I read on the Lenovo website that I have to get a separate driver to use with Windows7, but I have note been able to find it. Does anyone know where I can find it?
Also, my ThinkPad has a 32G ATI Radeon 9000 video card, but I don’t think I have the proper driver for it because Windows installed a Standard VGA driver and I am not able to use Aero (which I was before). I’ve searched both ATI and Lenovo websites for a driver. Any idea where else I can find it?
Thanks for your help.
T40 2373-94U
ATI Radeon 9000, 32MB

Recovery parition can only be installed from IBM/Lenovo recovery media, and for your machine these were only available in W2K and XP. You'll never be able to have a proper recovery partition with W7, even if you were to install the OS from recovery media for T400, since the hardware is way too different.
You can't install a better video card, since the card itself is soldered to the motherboard. You could swap an entire motherboard. How cost-effective this would be in the long run is up to you to decide.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
George
In daily use: R60F, R500F, T61, T410
Collecting dust: T60
Enjoying retirement: A31p, T42p,
Non-ThinkPads: Panasonic CF-31 & CF-52, HP 8760W
Starting Thursday, 08/14/2014 I'll be away from the forums until further notice. Please do NOT send private messages since I won't be able to read them. Thank you.

K8T Neo F1S2R No Longer Boots - Help Diagnosing

Hello,
I've had good service from my K8T Neo Athlon 64 mobo for 2 years. Today when I turned on the PC, all the fans cranked up and nothing more. The four test LEDs stayed red. No beeps, no display to the monitor. The light on one CD drive (I have 2) and the HD light come on solid at power up. According to the manual, four red LEDs at power up indicates a bad processor or processor connection and nothing more.
I removed my Audigy sound card since I know it has been known to cause boot-up problems on these boards. Still no boot.
What I need to know is if this is most likely a bad processor as stated in the manual, or something else like a bad mobo or power supply (Enermax). I don't have a spare processor, 64 bit PC, nor power supply to swap and check, so I need to know what is the best step process to resolving the problem. I'd just hate to go out and buy a new processor to find out the problem isn't the processor.
Thanks!
Buddy

UPDATE: Kudos to MSI support! I RMAed my original failed, over 2 year old K8T NEO via the MSI online support system. Shipped the K8T back to MSI on 4/11 and received a replacement on 4/26. It took only 11 business days, east coast to west coast and back.
I was having stability issues with the new K8MM-V motherboard described here https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=95656.0
in that I was unable to run my Radeon 9800 Pro at "full" hardware acceleration without crashes. I could only get stability using the onboard graphics or setting the Radeon 9800 to "low" hardware acceleration (the setting next to "none").
Pulled out the K8MM-V and installed the warranty replacement K8T NEO. The replacement K8T booted flawless, only requiring reinstallation of the Radeon 9800 Pro's Omega drivers on the first boot. I've had flawless performance with hardware graphics acceleration set at "full" with no reboots or blackouts since.
It was easy as pie to execute warranty service with MSI.
A big thank you to MSI for their fine support and for providing this forum....and a just as big thank you to all the fine folks here for offerering their expertise and help to us novices.
Buddy

Macbook Pro on 10.6.8 won't boot, Help!

I have a 2007 Macbook Pro 2.4ghz Core 2 Duo with 4 gigs of Ram that was running just fine until I left for a weekend away. When I got home and tried to boot it up it gave me the "universal stop sign" circle with line thru it and wouldn't boot past that screen. I had problems with the Ram going bad before so I tried putting the stock Ram in it but nothing different happened. I tried rebooting my pram and also booting in safe mode, none of which worked. I had a disk of 10.6.3 and am able to boot from that. I went to disk utility from the DVD which when I tried to verify it it said that I had an issue that needed to be repaired. I ran the repairs and while it said it fixed them when I verify it again it still says that It needs to be repaired. So basically i've come to the conclusion that I either need to erase my harddrive and reinstall or maybe someone from this forum can help.
If I need to reinstall I guess thats what i'll have to do but my questions are as follows:
1. Since I have the DVD of 10.6.3 do I need to do a fresh reinstall of that and then do all the system updates to get me back to 10.6.8 BEFORE I do my Time Machine restore? Or can I restore from Time Machine when its still at 10.6.3?
2. If I restore from Timemachine will it also restore all my Apps? Or do I need to reinstall them from my disks and the things I purchased from the internet? (I hope not!!)
3. I noticed an option when I booted from 10.6.3 DVD that you can restore from a Time machine backup... will that fix the issues that my computer is having with trying to boot up or not? If I try this option and it doesn't work is that going to mess up my Time Machine backup or will it not effect that?
Sorry for all the questions but I hope someone can enlighten me on these issues. Thanks

Just to add a little more info to the story I had upgraded my Hard drive from a 5400 RPM 250gig model that came with the computer to one that was made by Seagate and installed in 2011, 7200 RPM 750 gigs. Is it normal to fail after not even 2 years?
When I try to repair the Disk using Disk Repair I get the Error Message "Invalid content in Journal." Can anyone enlighten me to what this means? Trying to repair the disk does not resolve this issue.
Also trying to start in single user mode and run fsck failed and I got a bunch of error messages that ran on a continuous loop.

MBP crash during 10.4.11 update, KERNEL PANIC, WON'T BOOT, HELP.

Attempted update to 10.4.11 via Software Update. Machine crashed (screen went black, nothing made the machine responsive). Forced power down, powered back up, "need to restart computer". Great.
Disk Warrior rebuild, permissions repair, restart, KERNEL PANIC. Boot from OSX install disc and am greeted with "unable to install software on this computer" giving two options to restart or select startup disk. No matter, ran disk utility, repaired disk, repaired permissions, restart via Macintosh HD, KERNEL PANIC!!!!!!!!!!! UGH.
Now what?? I can use target disk mode to backup contents of computer to another but I really don't want to go to the extent of reinstalling OSX and reloading my data to the machine from the backup. Any ideas? Need to figure this out before tomorrow, any help is appreciated.

Assuming this doesn't resolve the issue, what's the procedure for reinstalling OSX AND keeping my data intact? Can backup everything using target disk mode, just don't know how to re-load it once reinstalled.
Or even if there's a way to reinstall OSX without having to backup the data and re-load it. Thanks

Ugh/ kernal panics / apple hardware test will not boot / help

so my first thought is to replace all my memory and I even have some coming via OWC -- but it seems silly just to replace memory on a hunch and randomly. So I run rember and get an all cler on all my memory. Can this really be soo? So I think - try the Apple Hardware Test.
I hold down c key as 'puter is booting and I get command line screen that says
"invalid memory ascess at %srr0:ae0c0108
%srr1: 0c01086F
bad bus info crc-16"
than it tells me to type in mac-boot to boot --but it will not boot - the next screen just says command line ok
what should I do next
this machine has been acting up for over 6 months and its driving me nuts -- I bought the memory as a "quick fix" but now I am starting to have my doubts. It would be cool to know before I decide to install it so I can return it for my $ if my hunch is wrong --
help! and thanks!

I can give you some general advice about buying memory:
The question then becomes what if memtest passes it all... I couldn't complete the cloning of about 220 GB of files from one drive to another with the original MacWarehouse chips in place, but could when they were removed.
I have had quite a bit of experience testing memory, most of it grey market stuff that I salvage from trash cans and such like place. I have found some memory that worked perfectly and never gave me any problems. I have found some memory that gave me kernel panics. I have found some memory that are somewheres in between: they seem fine at first, and then when you start to run lots of apps or copy large files that's when the problems shows up, and the problems are subtle -- once in a while a task would randomly crash, but restarting the task would make it OK, etc., etc.
I've had a PC133 stick that repeatedly tested and passed on memtest until the 4th pass, then an error showed. After the error showed, there were lots of errors.
For my own use, I do not use any memory that fails memtest at all, since I am swimming in memory anyway. I usually test them overnight. Certainly when buying new memory I expect them not to fail memtest when run overnight (usually about 6-7 passes).
I'll use memory that fail occasionally in client stations that are not function critical, but my experience has been once you get some error in a memory chip, it gets worse with time.
I want to avoid if possible having the machine down for hours at a time to run memtest in Single User mode as it's serving up genealogy databases on 4 different domains, as well as static pages on 8 other domains as well as being my every day work-a-Mac.
If you're serious about hosting those domains, I suggest you buy a Mac Mini for your clientstation and let the server be the server.
sending CL3 chips maybe the Apple Hardware Test is expecting to see CL2.5 which is what the 3 chips I have to do work are.
CL3-PC3200 chips can pinch hit for CL2.5-PC2700 chips in some limited circumstances, but they were sending you CL3-PC2700 chips in place of CL2.5-PC2700 chips. I smell herring.
or are they really not the chips the label says they are?
Chips are sometimes mislabeled, due to operator error.

New iMac boot help

So I bought the 2.66GHz, 20-inch iMac yesterday from a JB Hi-Fi outlet and got the RAM upgraded from 2 to 4 gig which was performed in store and seemed fine. When I got the computer home, set it up according to the user manual (just to be sure) and switched it on I got the boot tone, the Apple logo and the load symbol. It stayed this way for a good hour and a half.
On online advice I restarted the Mac and inserted the back-up disc that came with it. The Install OS applicaiton came up and allowed me to check and install the first disc after which it stated that it needed to restart and to have the second disc ready when it did so. After a couple of minutes it turned to the +grey screen of death+ and remained that way. Now when I (manually) restart it all I can get is the option to install the first disc (which it has swallowed).
What I want to know is, is this the fault of the hardware, the store, the guy who installed the RAM, me for turning it on etc. and what the best action to take would be? Any help would be appreciated.

Hello,
Is this JB Hi-Fi outlet Apple certified? Is it possible this is a refurbished machine?
Try running the *Apple Hardware Test*: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509
It's possible the RAM that was installed, wasn't installed properly. Go here for help..
http://www.tuaw.com/2006/01/27/intel-imac-easiest-ram-install-ever/
*You can try ejecting the disk using Firmware:*
To eject a disc using firmware:
Restart the computer.
When you hear the startup sound, press and hold the Command-Option-O-F keys. (The Command key has an Apple on it.)
Release the keys when you see a white welcome screen.
At the prompt, type:
eject cd
Press Return, then wait a few seconds. The disc drive should eject the disc, and "ok" appears on the screen when the action is complete.
Type:
mac-boot
Press Return.
Your computer starts up normally and you see the familiar Mac OS X desktop.
If the iMac continues to give you problems, you should definitely take it back, get your money back and buy from an Apple store, or an Apple reseller. Make certain they are Apple Certified.
Carolyn

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