Apple iMac G4 Desktop "mac flashing grey" Questions

Have a flashing globe on a grey screen when I startup for a couple of minutes. After that it is fine. Any ideas? See explanation and solution at: http://support.apple.com/kb/TA25439

...flashing with a question mark in it.. i have no idea what is going on This indicates that your computer cannot find an operating system (most likely Mac OS X) to boot. Hold down the "option" key when ...

...MAC GREY SCREEN WITH APPLE LOGO IN MIDDLE,NO START UP,FAN RUNNING AND BEEPING ONLY How many beeps? DOES the white light flash? Whats the specific model? Try turning system extensions off-sounds like ...

...flashing white light then grey screen and ? in file icon. hi there, The question mark usually relates to the computer not finding a system. Usually a bad hardrive. The beep at the beginning can be ...

...flashing on it and i cannot get any of the disks to work on it. It may be just a desktop folder which you would use to continue an installation, you should delete and start again. The cd changed your ...

...grey screen that, after a while, changes to a similar screen, except that at its center is a small icon in the shape of a file folder on which, alternately flashes a double face line drawing and a ...

...flashing folder with a '?' means that the computer can't find the boot files. This may be that the hard drive has failed, boot files are damaged, or, that the drive is missing. In each case you will ...

...grey screen clicking and wurring flashing folder? On placing install Leopard install disc on being asked where to install, no options given! I feel the hard drive is not recognised/caput! If so, is ...