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Actually, I've never just pressed the option key by itself! Don't tell me I've been pressing 4 keys instead of one all these years. Maybe it's an old habit like Command-Y to eject a volume when E will do just fine. I'll try option next time I'm stuck. biz

I've had a couple of eMacs hang on the blue screen. Pretty blue but no action. If you can't start properly from the system disk by holding down the "c" key, try option-command-shift-delete when your restart. Over the years it's been one of my favorite maneuvers. I had to reinstall the system...

I know, I know, wrong order, but here I am. A working 400Mhz G3 with a DVD slot load, 1 GB of (working) RAM running 9.2.1. Put the OSX install disk, reboot, try to install and the message told me to install the firmware first. Only it will not boot. It chimes, hard drive spins, green light is...