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<blockquote data-quote="Mirth" data-source="post: 1297512" data-attributes="member: 5242">No probs before the power outage. Using OS 10.2.8 <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Would this still be necessary in OSX? I'm fairly new to it, but I love it so far.From what I understand, faulty FW ports are a problem with this particular iMac <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> Someone else suggested hitting the PMU button, so I'll start a full diagnostic tomorrow. I'm still afraid they're shot though.Given that the iMac has been a champ since 1999, I'm not gonna complain too much if the FW ports have gone out now. Only problem is I'm currently unemployed and my budget is pretty tight, so I was hoping for a quick and cheap fix. I should find out about a new job possibility this week, so if that works out I might look into getting a refurb iBook and let my son have this machine (he'll be 2 this month so it'll be good timing).Please keep the suggestions coming and thanks pezagent,Jay</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mirth, post: 1297512, member: 5242"] No probs before the power outage. Using OS 10.2.8 :D Would this still be necessary in OSX? I'm fairly new to it, but I love it so far. From what I understand, faulty FW ports are a problem with this particular iMac :( Someone else suggested hitting the PMU button, so I'll start a full diagnostic tomorrow. I'm still afraid they're shot though. Given that the iMac has been a champ since 1999, I'm not gonna complain too much if the FW ports have gone out now. Only problem is I'm currently unemployed and my budget is pretty tight, so I was hoping for a quick and cheap fix. I should find out about a new job possibility this week, so if that works out I might look into getting a refurb iBook and let my son have this machine (he'll be 2 this month so it'll be good timing). Please keep the suggestions coming and thanks pezagent, Jay [/QUOTE]

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