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Posted by: Apostrophe on 2007-12-06 15:15:57
I was surfing around on eBay the other day and ended up buying an iMac G3 for $20.00. The computer has not arrived yet, but the ad said that it is password protected, and the seller doesn't know the password. He says that the only way to overcome this is to reinstall the OS. I have no compatible OS for an iMac, so does anyone know another way to overcome the password?
And if the only way is to boot from an OS CD, how do you do it?
Thanks,
-Apostrophe
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Posted by: ~tl on 2007-12-06 15:23:56
If it's running OS X you can reset the password protection fairly easily:
http://www.securemac.com/macosxsingleuser.php
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Posted by: Apostrophe on 2007-12-06 15:35:30
Nope, it originally has OS 9.2. Is there another way to overcome the password, or will I have to buy an OS and boot it from there?
-Apostrophe
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Posted by: benjgvps on 2007-12-06 16:01:57
Would it be possible to stick in a live-cd of some version of Linux and install an HFS driver and go into the control panel folder (or extensions) and get rid of or move the appropriate file and boot? Or you could find a Linux Mac emulator and stick that control panel into it change it and put it back. Booting with extensions off? Though I'm just estimating and thinking up ways. You could just bid on a Mac OS 9 disk.
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Posted by: Apostrophe on 2007-12-06 16:42:56
Yeah, bidding on a disk is what I had in mind. Do you know how to boot the computer from an OS 9 disk?
-Apostrophe
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Posted by: bluekatt on 2007-12-06 16:55:52
put the cd in the cd drive hold c
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Posted by: Apostrophe on 2007-12-06 16:57:49
Oh, really, it's the same as the Centris...okay, thanks!
-Apostrophe
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Posted by: bluekatt on 2007-12-06 17:09:16
its the same for all cd equipped macs really same under mac os X too
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Posted by: coius on 2007-12-06 17:21:56
fyi, if it's a firmware password, all you have to do is remove or add a ram stick, and it will undo the password in OF 🙂
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Posted by: Apostrophe on 2007-12-06 17:32:33
What do you mean by OF?
Really, all I have to do is alter the ram? So if I took a stick out, then put it back in, would it still remove the password?
-Apostrophe
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Posted by: bluekatt on 2007-12-06 17:39:45
open firmware the bios of a macintosh
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Posted by: Apostrophe on 2007-12-06 17:45:40
Thanks, everyone! Once the iMac arrives I'll try out some of your suggestions!
-Apostrophe
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Posted by: bluekatt on 2007-12-06 17:49:46
any information about what kind of imac it is ?
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Posted by: Apostrophe on 2007-12-06 17:55:35
Here, let me check on eBay...it's an iMac G3, 400 mhz processor, 10 GB hard drive, 128 MB sdram, with OS 9.2 already on it. From what I gather from the web, this iMac is most likely one of the oldest models of its kind ever made.
-Apostrophe
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Posted by: bluekatt on 2007-12-06 18:04:34
nah thats a pretty decent 1999 2000 era imac fifth generation by the sound of it
its a slot loader dunno if its a dvd player or cd rewriter
it uses standard ps 100 ram and can take up to 1 gig of ram
they are excellent os X machines
and have 8 mb of video ram at the very least
small list of older imacs or at least the ones that predate yours
rev a the orginal bondi blue 32 mb of ramm ( so dimm) G3 233 mhz 4 gig hd usb irda tray loading cd rom 2 mb vram ati rage II
rev b same as above only with more vram ( 6 mb ) and a better graphics chip ati pro
rev c the first one with colors
266 mhz 6 gig hd no irda port no mezzaninen slot specs are the same other wise
rev d same as rev c but with a 333 mhz G3
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Posted by: Apostrophe on 2007-12-06 18:07:23
It sounds like a great machine! I'm glad I bought it. 🙂
-Apostrophe
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Posted by: bluekatt on 2007-12-06 18:18:34
its a good machine especially for 20 bucks
put more ram in it and either let 9 fly or install os x on it
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Posted by: Apostrophe on 2007-12-07 09:51:34
I'll let everyone know how it turns out!
-Apostrophe
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Posted by: bluekatt on 2007-12-08 04:03:27
from the sound of the specs it could be a dv imac which is graphite but dont quaote me on that
either way you got a good machine there assuming all is wel with it
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