I purchased a used imac model m6498. It’s a g4 I think; the dome 15" model. I was informed by a gentleman at an apple store that he thought the hard drive was deteriorating. I replaced the hard drive and at this instant when I turn the computer on it go unswervingly to a gray screen with a miniature file folder image in the middle. The file blinks between a face and a question mark. The cursor does not show up on this screen. I have tried booting from the gray iMac OS 9 and OS 10 restore CDs but no success. I even got it to boot via target USB to an old ibook--the iMac showed the target screen but the ibook did not show it as an external drive like I consider it should. Other than that, I don't know what to do. Does this sound like a familiar quandary? Are there chances that there is something wrong with the motherboard? Please provide some solutions for my problem.
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