Maybe your aunt still has the OS 9 installer CD? A reasonable person would think the Jaguar installer would check for a supported firmware revision before attempting to install. Furthermore, the screens stayed black: For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. If your iMac is under warranty, note that opening your iMac to remove the hard drive may void that warranty. Perhaps the best approach is to open the iMac, remove its hard drive, and connect the hard drive to a second computer like a Power Mac G3 or G4 with an available drive bay. 
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Then, connect to the iMac over a network from another Macintosh using the remote control program and run the firmware updater.
How to do firmware update to iMac G3?
A reasonable person would think the Jaguar installer would check for a supported firmware revision before attempting to install.
In particular, make sure the setting in your startup disk control panel is correct if you have multiple bootable drives or partitions. A well-versed Mac consultant might be faster and less expensive. I then went onto apple website, and downloaded the update 4.
I don't like breaking the law. Please consider turning off your ad blocker. Furthermore, the screens stayed black: This situation is troubling.
Users would run the Jaguar installer, everything would proceed correctly, and when users tried to restart the screens would remain black, rendering the machines unusable.
Obviously, not every iMac owner has a second computer and a remote control program at their disposal, or the technical acumen to transplant hard drives between machines. Members Current visitors New profile posts Search profile posts. It does not, though the ReadMe and slim installation brochure that comes with Jaguar both hint at the possible need for a firmware update.
The current firmware version is 4. We don't like Ads much either, but they do help cover the costs of running the site. How to do firmware update to iMac G3? We realize working out solutions for these problems takes time and dealers need to provide solutions as quickly as possible, but we certainly hope Apple plans to provide firmwafe to affected users who have already paid for motherboard replacements.
The only way to install the firmware update on your iMac, is from the internal hard drive, booted to OS 9.
Perhaps the best approach is to open the iMac, remove its hard drive, and connect the hard drive to a second computer like a Power Mac G3 or G4 with an available drive bay. If your inac is under warranty, ffirmware that opening your iMac to remove the hard drive may void that warranty.
Next, move the hard drive back to your iMac and boot the machine in Mac OS 9 the screen will still be black.
Installing Jaguar on some slot-loading iMacs can render the machine unusable by blacking out the internal display, even when trying to start up in Mac OS 9.
I heard something about firmware on a mac, and I'm very confused. Firmware updates can be run only when launched from a writable disk under Mac OS 9. Thread starter dodge Start date Jan 29, I then read you need OS 9. I have tried this several different times in the past.
Update Firmware Before Installing Jaguar! - TidBITS
Share Facebook Twitter Reddit. What's new New posts New profile posts Latest activity. Forums New posts Search forums. This is a major update to my firmmware because it is running OS X Maybe your aunt still has the OS 9 installer CD?
See below for the fix. You must log in or register to reply here. Be sure you read the instructions before attempting to update the firmware: The bug is apparently in Jaguar, not the installer.
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