[alan-tomo-19]

I have recently been given a g4/400 mac that does not boot.

On powering up a tone plays from the onboard speaker then folder icon shows on screen then is replaced by a question mark.

How dead is this dodo & how can i revive it?

Thanks in advance.
(Mac Newbie)

[VegasACF]

Originally Posted by alan-tomo-19

I have recently been given a g4/400 mac that does not boot.

On powering up a tone plays from the onboard speaker then folder icon shows on screen then is replaced by a question mark.

How dead is this dodo & how can i revive it?

Thanks in advance.
(Mac Newbie)

Calling it a "dodo" is not typically a good way to get help from Mac users, but I'll choose to ignore it just this once.

What you describe is the hallmark of a corrupted (or missing) OS. You'll need to find a replacement for it. Preferably a legitimate one. OS X will likely be a bit sluggish on a 400 MHz machine, but it should work. OS 9.x will run great on it, though.

[alan-tomo-19]

Vegas thanks for the advice, i guess its time to start tracking down an OS.

Thanks.

[VegasACF]

Not sure if you're into eBay or not, but in my above post where it says, "OS 9.x," is a link to OS 9.1 on eBay for $20.00 (U.S.).

Best of luck. Let us know how it goes and if you need further assistance.

[DoorGah]

If you have 3-500MB Ram OS X will run nicely on a G4 400 especially if you have a solid Hard Drive...I might not try 10.4 though, then again-) A lot of it is personal taste and what you are used to. OS 9 was great, X is the way to go if you can, even if you have to buy $40. or so of Ram.

[applecrisp]

Um im not really sure why you say it would run sluggish on his computer because I have mac os x panther 10.3.9 running one my tray loading 233mhz imac with 288 ram and its just barely sluggish there but just my two sense.

[VegasACF]

Perhaps you've not seen it running on a dual 2.5 GHz G5. I guarantee you if you compared the two side by side you would think yours (or his) was a bit sluggish.

:shrug:

[applecrisp]

Well of course compared to that its sluggish but mean generally it not that bad